STROUD v. GOLSON

No. 32,044-CA.

741 So.2d 182 (1999)

Clarence Steen STROUD, Randy Stroud and Jason Matthew Stroud, Plaintiffs, v. Bruce GOLSON, M.D., Defendant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Thomas, New Orleans, Counsel for Appellees.

Donald J. Anzelmo, Monroe, Counsel for Appellant La. Patient's Comp. Fund

Before NORRIS, C.J., and BROWN and GASKINS, JJ.


BROWN, J.

In this medical malpractice action for the failure to diagnose lung cancer, defendant, the Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund ("PCF"), appeals a $1.5 million jury verdict which was reduced by the trial court's judgment to $400,000 to comply with the PCF's maximum exposure under Louisiana's medical malpractice scheme. We affirm.

FACTS

On March 29, 1994, Gloria Stroud was examined by Lauren J. Mikey, M.D. After viewing x-rays, Dr...

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