HOWELL v. IACONA

No. 18513-CA.

505 So.2d 821 (1987)

Van Colon HOWELL, Appellant, v. Dr. Marie Ann IACONA, M.D., Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund M. Thomas, Shreveport, for appellant.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Caldwell Roberts, Shreveport, for appellee.

Before HALL, C.J., and MARVIN and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice suit in which the plaintiff Van Howell, age 51 when the petition was filed, appeals from a judgment that granted him some recovery but denied a significant portion of the compensation he had requested. He now appeals, urging the trial court erred in failing to find that the conduct of the defendant, Dr. Iacona, was a contributing cause in fact of his infection and resultant damages. For the reasons expressed, we reverse...

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