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RICHARD v. DUPUIS

Nos. 94-215, 94-216.

649 So.2d 718 (1994)

Earl RICHARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Dale DUPUIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Albert PICKNEY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Dale DUPUIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Richard Edwards, Lafayette, Donald Wayne Hebert, Opelousas, Joseph R. Joy, III, Lafayette, for Earl Richard, et al.

James T. Guglielmo, Opelousas, for Dr. Dale Dupuis, et al.

Gary M. Cooper, Baton Rouge, for Comm. of Ins., Green.

Before LABORDE, KNOLL, THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS and PETERS, JJ.

LABORDE, Judge.

Decedent, Mrs. Margie Mae Pickney, died after taking medicine administered by her dentist, defendant Dale Dupuis, in preparation for treatment of an abscessed tooth. A jury found no liability on the part of defendant. We affirm.

FACTS

On May 12, 1988, decedent, Margie Mae Pickney, was being treated by Dr. Dale Dupuis for an abscessed tooth. To prepare his patient, Dr. Dupuis gave Mrs. Pickney an injection of mepivacaine to numb the...

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