CONE v. NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC.

No. 99-C-0934.

747 So.2d 1085 (1999)

Joshua N. CONE et al. v. NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Cespiva, Gravel, Cespiva & Wilkerson, Alexandria, Counsel for Applicant.

Leslie R. Leavoy, Jr., Martha A. O'Neal, Wallace & O'Neal, De Ridder, Nora T. Bolling, John E. Galloway, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.*

In this medical malpractice action based on the failure of an emergency room physician to properly diagnose and treat torsion of the testicle of a twelve-year old boy, allegedly causing the loss of viability of the boy's only testicle, the jury awarded damages of $5,500,000. The principal issues in this court involve (1) the causative relationship between the doctor's malpractice and the damages suffered by the boy and...

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