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FUENTES v. DOCTORS HOSP. OF JEFFERSON

No. 2001-CA-0305.

802 So.2d 865 (2001)

Maria Estela FUENTES w/o/a Raul R. Fuentes v. DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF JEFFERSON, XYZ Insurance Company and Charles Pleasant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Evans, III, Cesar R. Burgos, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Peter E. Sperling, Kathryn M. Caraway, Mara P. Endl, Ann Marie LeBlanc, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Charles Pleasant.

Deborah Cunningham Foshee, Kirk Paul Groh, Hemelt and Foshee, LLP, Covington, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Doctors Hospital.

Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY.

Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether allegations that an ultrasound technician took inappropriate sexual liberties with a female patient following the performance of an abdominal ultrasound ordered by the patient's doctor, as well as related allegations against the technician's employer, fall under the provisions of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, LSA-R.S. 40:1299.41 et seq., thereby requiring that the allegations be submitted...

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