KIPPERS v. CORCORAN

No. 97-CA-870.

707 So.2d 463 (1998)

Patricia Dwyers KIPPERS, et al. v. James R. CORCORAN, M.D., and East Jefferson General Hospital Service District No. 2 d/b/a East Jefferson General Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Rice, Jr., Arthur F. Hickman, Jr., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for Appellant/Defendant James R. Corcoran, M.D.

Orrill, Shearman & Cordell, L.L.C., R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Robert F. Shearman, Leslie A. Cordell, Lyn M. Curlin, Kevin D. Shearman, New Orleans, for Appellee/Plaintiff Patricia Dwyer Kippers.

Before BOWES, WICKER and CANNELLA, JJ.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Defendant, James Corcoran, M.D., appeals from a medical malpractice judgment in favor of plaintiff, Patricia Kippers. We affirm.

On March 31, 1992, plaintiff was admitted to East Jefferson General Hospital where she underwent a procedure to remove her gallbladder. The procedure, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, was not in use until the early 1990's. Following the procedure, plaintiff suffered from severe pain, nausea, burning in the abdomen,...

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