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HONDROULIS v. SCHUMACHER

No. 88-C-0600.

533 So.2d 1221 (1988)

Viola K. HONDROULIS v. John SCHUMACHER, M.D. and Hartford Fire Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 1, 1988.

DENNIS, Justice, dissenting.

I respectfully dissent.

I believe that the court has misinterpreted the informed consent statute so as to place limitations not legislatively intended upon a patient's right to determine what shall be done with her own body. First, the majority opinion telescopes the so called statutory "presumption" into a requirement that the plaintiff must prove her whole case prima facially...

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