PIRO v. CHANDLER

No. 33,953-CA.

780 So.2d 394 (2000)

Bernard Salvatore PIRO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. John M. CHANDLER, Dr. James Kim and Bossier Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Opinion on Rehearing February 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georgia P. Kosmitis, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellant.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, By: Randall L. Champagne, Counsel for Appellee Bossier Medical Center.

Before BROWN, STEWART and PEATROSS, JJ.


STEWART, J.

In this medical malpractice action, the jury determined that the defendant, Bossier Medical Center ("BMC"), did not breach the standard of care in the treatment of Salvatore Piro, who died on July 31, 1995 while a patient at BMC. On appeal, Bernard Piro, the plaintiff and son of the deceased, argues that the jury erred in finding no breach of the standard of care. We agree and find that the jury was clearly wrong in finding no breach of the standard of...

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