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PFIFFNER v. CORREA

No. 91-CA-2734.

640 So.2d 281 (1994)

Yevon M. PFIFFNER, et al. v. Amilcar J.E. CORREA, M.D., I.L. Fontenelle, M.D., St. Claude General Hospital and Diagnostic Services Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1994.

Writ Granted June 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Tschirn, Metairie, for plaintiff/appellant.

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Joan Winters Burmaster, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant Dr. Amilcar J.E. Correa.

Edward J. Rice, Jr., L. Thomas Styron, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant, Dr. I.L. Fontenelle.

Bruce J. Toppin, Patricia A. Bethancourt, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for intervenor/appellant, LA Patient's Compensation Fund.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and BARRY, WARD, JONES and WALTZER, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

The primary issues in this medical malpractice suit are whether the claim against Dr. Fontenelle prescribed, whether the standard of medical care was established, and whether a breach of that standard was proven. The plaintiff, Mrs. Pfiffner, did not call a medical expert but relied on cross-examination of the defendant doctors to establish the standard of care.

On April 16, 1984 Yevon Pfiffner, individually and on behalf of her deceased husband...

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