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HILLMAN v. AKINS

No. 93-C-0631.

631 So.2d 1 (1994)

Matthew HILLMAN, et al. v. William AKINS, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Tschirn, Metairie, Randy J. Ungar, New Orleans, for applicant.

Richard B. Cappel, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Bernard, Lake Charles, for respondent.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Athena B. Piedrahita, Baton Rouge, for State.

Charles T. Williams, Jr., Metairie, John E. Baker, Mandeville, for Louisiana Patients Compensation Fund and Oversight Bd.

KIMBALL, Justice.*

THE FACTS

Plaintiffs in each of these consolidated cases sued their orthopaedic surgeons and the hospital where their surgeries took place after a medical device commonly known as a "Steffee Plate" was surgically affixed to the vertebrae of each plaintiff.1 The plaintiffs allege the device, used to achieve internal fixation of the spine...

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