CLAUDET v. WEYRICH

No. 94-CA-2347.

662 So.2d 131 (1995)

Ann Balzli CLAUDET v. Dr. Randall WEYRICH, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.C. Garcia, III, Joseph F. Bishop, Jr., Metairie, for Plaintiff.

Peter E. Sperling, Greg A. Pellegrini, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans, for Defendant.

Before CIACCIO, ARMSTRONG and JONES, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

This is an appeal by one of the defendants, The Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund ("LPCF") from a judgment for the plaintiff, Ms. Ann Claudet, in a medical malpractice action. The gist of the malpractice was a failure to diagnose breast cancer as early as should have been done. The damages result from the fact that the delay in diagnosis, and the resulting delay in treatment, substantially decreases the probability that Ms. Claudet will survive...

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