LaCAZE v. COLLIER

No. 82-C-1714.

437 So.2d 869 (1983)

Phillip LaCAZE et ux. v. L.R. COLLIER, M.D.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 26, 1983.


DENNIS, Justice, concurring.

I respectfully concur in the judgment.

This case calls upon the court to decide whether a physician adequately performed his statutory duty to inform his patient of all known risks of a surgical procedure, and, if not, whether his failure was a cause of the patient's injury. I agree with the majority that the doctor failed to inform his patient of a known risk of the surgery performed which unfortunately had adverse side effects...

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