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HUFFAKER v. ABC INS. CO.

No. 94-CA-2345.

659 So.2d 544 (1995)

Lisa Huffaker, wife of/and Jim HUFFAKER v. ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, Tulane University Medical Center, XYZ Insurance Company, Implant Technology, Inc., and Osteoimplant Technology, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 26, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Brent Cueria and Frank J. D'Amico, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Amy M. Winters, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant/appellee Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund d/b/a Tulane University Medical Center.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and LANDRIEU, JJ.

LANDRIEU, Judge.

Arguing that their claim is solely one for products liability and therefore not subject to the provisions of the Medical Malpractice Act, plaintiffs appeal the contrary judgment of the trial court.

On June 7, 1990, Lisa Huffaker underwent hip replacement surgery at Tulane University Medical Center. During the procedure, an artificial hip prosthesis was implanted in her body. On June 7, 1993, Lisa Huffaker underwent emergency surgery to replace...

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