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MELANCON v. LaROCCA

No. 94-CA-639.

650 So.2d 371 (1995)

Deborah S. MELANCON v. S. Henry LaROCCA, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna S. Cummings, Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Chester A. Fleming III, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, C.J., and GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.

GRISBAUM, Judge.

This appeal relates to a medical malpractice action. The jury found 9-3 there was no malpractice. We affirm.

BASIC RECORD FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Deborah Melancon, plaintiff, was a patient of Dr. Henry LaRocca, defendant, for neck injuries she received in a 1986 automobile accident. In 1988, Dr. LaRocca offered an anterior cervical fusion in an effort to reduce or eliminate the neck pain she was experiencing. She agreed...

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