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WHIDDON v. ELLIOTT

No. 90 CA 1761.

594 So.2d 449 (1991)

J. Robert WHIDDON v. DR. Robert L. ELLIOTT, d/b/a the Breast Clinic and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donnie L. Floyd, Donn Moss and John Dugas, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant J. Robert Whiddon.

Myron A. Walker, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Dr. Robert L. Elliott and St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

Before SHORTESS, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.

CRAIN, Judge.

J. Robert Whiddon had enlarged breasts and was extremely self conscious of this condition. He consulted Dr. Robert L. Elliott, who made the clinical diagnosis of obesity and severe gynecomastia and recommended excision of the breast tissue as the course of treatment. Dr. Elliott performed a bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy in April, 1985. Whiddon developed several postoperative complications, most of which apparently resolved. He subsequently became...

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