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KNOPFER v. LA. PATIENT'S COMP. FUND

No. 88-CA-0290.

527 So.2d 326 (1988)

Roberta KNOPFER v. The LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard A. Radlauer, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Carruth, Cooper and Adams, William R. Carruth, Jr., Ambrose K. Ramsey, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, BYRNES and LOBRANO, JJ.

BYRNES, Judge.

By this appeal the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund (LPCF) asserts that the trial court erred in awarding Roberta Knopfer $500,000. We affirm.

FACTS

On May 28, 1984, Knopfer, a forty-four year old oncological social worker, went to see Dr. McKinnon at Ochsner Hospital to have two moles removed. One was located on her abdomen and the other was on the upper right thigh. After removing the moles, Dr. McKinnon sent them to the Pathology...

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