BARRE v. NADELL

Nos. 94-CA-1883, 94-CA-1884.

657 So.2d 514 (1995)

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne BARRE, et al. v. Dr. Joseph M. NADELL, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russ M. Herman, Mark R. Wolfe, Charles O. Taylor, T. Daniel Pick, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, New Orleans, for plaintiffs, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Barre, et al.

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Patricia A. Bethancourt, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevant, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendants, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, d/b/a Tulane Medical Center Hosp.

Before BARRY and CIACCIO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue that we are called on to resolve in this case is whether the trial judge, in a bench trial, was manifestly erroneous or clearly wrong in finding that the defendants did not breach the standard of care and thus absolving them of any liability for medical malpractice. We affirm.

I.

Medical Facts

On September 19, 1983, two year old Michelle Barre underwent cranial facial surgery in an effort to...

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