SEALS v. PITTMAN

No. CA 85 0992.

499 So.2d 114 (1986)

Joan Provost SEALS, Wife of/and Leo SEALS v. M.L. PITTMAN, Jr., M.D., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1987.

Writ Denied March 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., David Schumacher, New Orleans, Edward Shamis, Jr., Slidell, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Lloyd W. Hayes, New Orleans, for M.J. Duplantis and Hartford Fire Ins. Co. defendants herein.

William Penick, New Orleans, for M.L. Pittman, & St. Paul Fire & Marine Co., defendants.

Peter T. Dazzio, Baton Rouge, for St. Tammany Parish.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and WATKINS and JOHN S. COVINGTON, JJ.


GROVER L. COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from a nine to three verdict in favor of the defendants, denying plaintiffs' claim for damages sustained as a result of alleged medical malpractice.

The trial court rendered judgment on the jury verdict. Thereafter, plaintiffs moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, for a new trial and to enforce a compromise agreement, which motions were denied. The plaintiffs have appealed. We affirm.

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