LEGER v. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUT. INS. CO.

No. 98-1098.

732 So.2d 654 (1999)

Mary LEGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied June 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edward Morton, Alexandria, for Mary Leger.

Alan K. Breaud, Deborah Deo Gracias Trahan, Lafayette, for Lammico, et al.

Shepton F. Hunter, Timothy Reynolds, Lafayette, for Louisiana Health System Corp., etc.

Phillip W. Roberts, for Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc.

Before: DOUCET, C.J., SAUNDERS, and SULLIVAN, JJ.


DOUCET, Chief Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, Plaintiff, Mary Leger, appeals a decision of the district court granting Defendant, Dr. Edmund Nagem's, motion for summary judgment on the issue of informed consent. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

Ms. Mary Leger was referred to Dr. Edmund Nagem, Jr., a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, by her family physician for a thoracic aortic aneurysm in May of 1993. Ms. Leger, who...

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