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TURNER v. SMITH

No. 88-1038.

556 So.2d 983 (1990)

Houston TURNER, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dr. C.H. SMITH, et al., Defendants-Appellants, The Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund, Intervenor-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sera Russell III, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Herbert Mang, Jr., Glen S. Love, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Carruth, Cooper & Adams (Wm. R. Carruth, Jr., S. Alfred Adams, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellant.

Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and KING, JJ.

KING, Judge.

The issues presented by this appeal are whether the trial court erred in finding that plaintiff proved the negligence of the doctor in his medical malpractice claim and whether the trial court erred in the quantum of general and special damages awarded to plaintiff.

Houston Turner (hereinafter plaintiff) filed a medical malpractice claim against Dr. Curt H. Smith (hereinafter defendant), a qualified health care provider under the provisions of...

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