COFFIN v. BD. OF SUP'RS OF LA. UNIV.

No. 24911-CA.

620 So.2d 1354 (1993)

Shirley V. COFFIN, et vir., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth, Lockard, Politz, Lesage & D'Anna by Bennett L. Politz, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

Edmund M. Thomas, Shreveport, James Don Thomas, II by Benjamin P. Mouton, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MARVIN, LINDSAY and STEWART, JJ.


STEWART, Judge.

Shirley V. Coffin and her husband, Alford Coffin, filed a medical malpractice suit against defendants, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College, et al. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiffs and awarded a total of $180,000 for general damages and a total of $171,819 for special damages. Defendants appeal, asserting that plaintiffs failed to prove the element of causation and that the...

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