O'DOWD v. CORREA

No. CA 2028.

464 So.2d 885 (1985)

Alfred O'DOWD v. Amilcar J.E. CORREA, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Fritz, Metairie, for plaintiffappellant.

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GARRISON, BARRY and LOBRANO, JJ.


GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court dated September 8, 1983 rendered by the trial judge in a jury trial, but granting a motion for a directed verdict made by the defendant, Amilcar J.E. Correa, M.D. and dismissing plaintiff's medical malpractice suit for injuries allegedly sustained by him on February 23, 1977 when he underwent an anterior cervical fusion at Chalmette General Hospital performed by the defendant. Prior to the operation...

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