EDENFIELD v. VAHID

No. 92-678.

621 So.2d 1192 (1993)

Gloria EDENFIELD and Walter Robert Edenfield, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Dara VAHID, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Ryan, Opelousas, for Gloria Edenfield, etc.

Howard B. Gist Jr., Alexandria, for Dr. Dara Vahid.

Before GUIDRY, LABORDE, KNOLL and WOODARD, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.


KNOLL, Judge.

Gloria and Walter Edenfield appeal the judgment of the trial court which dismissed their medical malpractice claim against Dr. Dara Vahid. They argue that the trial court was manifestly erroneous in its conclusions that Dr. Vahid's use of a Prolene suture in an anal fistulectomy did not fall below the applicable standard of care and further that the use of this suture was not the cause of Mrs. Edenfield's...

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