PIZANI v. CRANMER

No. 86-CA-1.

493 So.2d 134 (1986)

Hazel Berthelot PIZANI v. John N. CRANMER, M.D., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writs Denied October 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garner & Munoz, Dan C. Garner, and/or John G. Munoz, and/or Michael J. Navitsky, New Orleans, for Hazel Berthelot Pizani, plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Adams & Reese, Edward J. Rice, Jr., New Orleans, for John I. Cranmer, M.D., defendant-cross-appellee.

Larzelere, Ellefson & Pulver, W.J. Larzelere, Jr., New Orleans, for Purdue Frederick Co., defendant-appellant.

Stumpf, Dugas, Le Blanc, Papale & Ripp, George M. Papale, Michael C. Luquet, Gretna, for West Jefferson General Hosp., defendant-appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, C.J., and KLIEBERT and GRISBAUM, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

Hazel Berthelot Pizani instituted this suit for medical malpractice against Dr. John I. Cranmer, a urologist, West Jefferson General Hospital, and the Purdue Frederick Company, the manufacturer of a chemical which was used during a bladder operation on the plaintiff.

Prior to suit, pursuant to the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, LSA-R.S. 40:1299.41 et seq., a 3-member medical review panel was formed to evaluate plaintiff's claim....

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