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McCRERY v. WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER

No. 29999-CA.

705 So.2d 753 (1997)

Archie B. McCRERY, Jr., et al, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Rowe, Bossier City, for Plaintiff-Appellant Archie B. McCrery, Jr.

Nelson, Hammons & White by John L. Hammons, Shreveport, for Plaintiff-Appellee Elizabeth McCrery.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Lisa Dunn Folsom, Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellee Patients' Compensation Fund.

Before MARVIN, C.J., BROWN, J., and PRICE, J. Pro Tem.

MARVIN, Chief Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, Archie B. McCrery, decedent's widower appeals, urging us to increase the trial court's wrongful death award of $50,000 and the award of $60,000 in general damages for decedent's loss of a 20-percent chance of surviving a pulmonary embolism. To reach these respective awards the trial court multiplied its assessment of damages in each instance by the 20-percent chance of survival.

We affirm the judgment...

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