FITCH v. PRATHER

No. 86-C-1928.

502 So.2d 573 (1987)

Francis FITCH v. J.N. PRATHER, Edwin W. Edwards, and C. Chat Kleinpeter, D.V.M.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teddy Airhart, for applicant.

Dorothy Thomas, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Robert L. Cole, Albert Dale Clary, for respondent.


COLE, Justice.

This is a suit for damages brought against the seller of a horse, the purchaser of the horse, and the veterinarian who tested the horse for equine infectious anemia. The results from the test were determined to be positive. The plaintiff, owner of horses located in an immediately adjacent pasture, sued for damages when his horses thereafter contracted the disease. The ultimate issue presented is whether or not the veterinarian, who in the past had treated...

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