PRATT v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 26,903-CA to 26,905-CA.

658 So.2d 4 (1995)

Velma PRATT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. R. Bruce WILLIAMS, M.D., Charles Knight, Jr., M.D., William P. Spillers, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Velma Pratt, in pro. per.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Cynthia A. Anderson, Shreveport, for R. Bruce Williams, appellee.

Pugh, Pugh & Pugh by Lamar P. Pugh, Shreveport, for William Spillers, appellee.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quinn & Roberts by A.M. Stroud, III, Shreveport, for Charles Knight, appellee.

Before MARVIN, NORRIS and STEWART, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

In this action by pro se plaintiffs, Velma and Harry Pratt appeal a summary judgment dismissing their demands for damages against three doctor defendants arising out of a diagnosis of a lump in Velma Pratt's breast as being cancerous and the resulting modified radical mastectomy undertaken a few days later. The summary judgment was granted after some delays when plaintiffs acknowledged their inability to procure expert medical testimony establishing...

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