BOURGEOIS v. McDONALD

No. 92-CA-2361.

622 So.2d 684 (1993)

Nancy M. BOURGEOIS, v. Marguerite B. McDONALD, M.D., Enrique Suarez, M.D., and the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana State University Medical Center.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Kullman, Pierre G. Walker, III, Lewis & Kullman, New Orleans, for appellee.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Leake, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Before KLEES, BYRNES and WALTZER, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellee, Mrs. Bourgeois, underwent surgery in 1980 to remove cataracts. Thereafter she had to wear "thick" spectacles to correct her vision. Though the glasses were not attractive and produced distortion of peripheral vision, they provided good central vision and allowed Mrs. Bourgeois to lead a normal life.

She tried unsuccessfully in the years immediately following her cataract surgery to replace the "thick" glasses with contacts...

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