ROUSSEL v. SHARP

No. 89-CA-1613.

569 So.2d 67 (1990)

Alvin J. ROUSSEL v. Robert T. SHARP, Jr., M.D. and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Orrill, Shearman & Cordell, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert E. Birtel, Trial Atty., Margaret Bradley, Law Offices of Robert E. Birtel, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before CIACCIO, WILLIAMS and PLOTKIN, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a medical malpractice action by plaintiff, Alvin J. Roussel, against defendant, Robert F. Sharp, Jr., M.D., a urologist. Dr. Sharp's insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., was also named as a defendant. The trial court ruled in favor of defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

The issues before this Court are (1)(a) whether the trial court erred in disallowing testimony concerning the necessity for surgery where...

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