WEBRE v. ALTON OSHSNER MED. FOUNDATION HOSP.

No. 99-CA-697.

759 So.2d 146 (2000)

Robert S. WEBRE v. ALTON OCHSNER MEDICAL FOUNDATION HOSPITAL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Ripp, Jr., Gretna, Louisiana, Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Joseph J. Lowenthal, Jr., Michelle A. Bourque, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr., SOL GOTHARD, JAMES L. CANNELLA, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.


GOTHARD, Judge.

This is an action in negligence for injuries sustained by a patient of Ochsner Foundation Hospital (Ochsner). After a trial on the merits, the trial court found for plaintiff in the amount of $12,000.00. Defendant, Ochsner, has appealed the judgment. Plaintiff, Robert Webre, has filed an answer to the appeal. For reasons that follow, we reverse.

At trial, plaintiff, Robert Webre, testified that in February, 1997 his wife, Donna, began suffering...

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