LEYVA v. IBERIA GENERAL HOSP.

No. 93-768.

634 So.2d 1297 (1994)

Jacqueline Dore LEYVA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IBERIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Granted May 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie A. Cordell, for Jacqueline Dore Leyva.

Randall Louis Champagne, for Iberia General Hosp. and Medical Center.

Marc W. Judice, for J.B. Pecot, M.D. Indiv. et al.

Janet Leslie MacDonell, for Dr. Emil Laga.

Daniel L. Regard, for Dr. G.D. Sagrera.

Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and SAUNDERS, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict dismissing plaintiff's malpractice claim and from the trial judge's denial of the plaintiff's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV).

The plaintiff, Jacqueline Dore Leyva, is a deaf-mute. Additionally, retinosa pigmentosa is causing her eyesight to deteriorate. Because of these conditions, she decided to undergo sterilization after the birth of her second child.

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