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CART v. DUCOTE

No. 85-603.

490 So.2d 731 (1986)

Gloria Knott CART, widow of B.J. Cart, Jr., B.J. Cart III, and Julie Cart, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lester L. DUCOTE, Jr., M.D., and Shiley, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards, Stefanski and Barousse (Homer E. Barousse, Jr., Crowley, for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr. and Lisa M. Tompkins, New Orleans, Pugh and Boudreaux (Charles J. Boudreaux, Sr., Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before GUIDRY, PICKETT and TUCK, Judges.

ROY B. TUCK, Jr., Judge Pro Tem.

This case arose out of the death of B.J. Cart, Jr. on October 31, 1979 at Lafayette General Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana following surgery performed by Dr. Leslie Guidry for the replacement of an aortic valve.

Pursuant to a referral by his family physician in Crowley, Louisiana, Mr. Cart was examined by Dr. Lester L. Ducote, Jr. on October 10, 1979 and on October 18, 1979. As...

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