McDOUGAL v. BLANCH

Nos. 95 CA 1377, 95 CA 1378.

672 So.2d 398 (1996)

Tonya McDOUGAL v. Dr. Juan BLANCH. Terry HIGGINBOTHAM v. LAFOURCHE HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT # 3 d/b/a Thibodaux Hospital & Health Center and Dr. Juan Blanch.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Kullman, New Orleans, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Tonya McDougal.

William S. Bordelon, Houma, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Terry Higginbotham.

Daniel J. Walker, Houma, for Defendant-Appellant, State of Louisiana-Patients Compensation Fund.

C. William Bradley, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee, Dr. Juan S. Blanch, Jr.

Charles A. Boggs, New Orleans, for Lafourche Parish Hospital Service Dist. # 3 d/b/a Thibodaux Hospital & Health Center.

Before CARTER and PITCHER, JJ., and CRAIN, J. Pro Tem.


HILLARY J. CRAIN, Judge Pro Tem.

On the morning of December 28, 1991, the plaintiff, Tonya McDougal, in her thirty-fourth week of pregnancy, began to experience vaginal bleeding. She was taken by ambulance to Thibodaux General Hospital. En route, she was actively bleeding and suffering lower abdominal pain. Her lower abdomen was rigid. Ms. McDougal did not have insurance.

Dr. Juan Blanch was the emergency room physician who saw Ms. McDougal. He determined...

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