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CAPEL v. LANGFORD

No. 98-1517.

734 So.2d 835 (1999)

David CAPEL, et al., Plaintiffs— Appellants, v. Dr. Donald LANGFORD, Defendant— Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearings Denied June 9 and June 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keitha Anne Leonard, Lafayette, R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Robert F. Shearman, New Orleans, Leslie A. Cordell, Lafayette, Gay Lyn McDaniel Curlin, New Orleans, Kevin D. Shearman, Metairie, for David Cappell, et al.

James R. Shelton, Lafayette, for Dr. Donald Langford, et al.

BEFORE: YELVERTON, WOODARD, and GREMILLION, Judges.

WOODARD, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case. Ms. Mona Capel died eighteen months after undergoing surgical procedures, which included a gastrojejunostomy and a vagotomy, performed by Dr. Donald Langford, when a perforated ulcer developed near the site of the junction of her intestine and her stomach and led to her death. Ms. Capel's husband, Mr. David Capel, and her two sons by another marriage, Mr. Troy Romero and Mr. Timothy Romero, filed suit against Dr...

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