ARDOIN v. MILLS

No. 00-1257.

780 So.2d 1265 (2001)

Wayne ARDOIN, et ux v. Dr. Scott MILLS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bergstedt, The Bergstedt Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Dr. Scott Mills and LA. Medical Mutual Insurance Co.

Richard B. Cappel, Raggio, Cappel, etc., Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Dr. David Drez.

Robert W. Clements, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

R. Joshua Koch Jr., Spyridon, Koch, Wallace, Metairie, LA, Counsel for Wayne Ardoin and Betty Ardoin.

Benjamin Joseph Guilbeau, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

Court composed of DOUCET, Chief Judge, PETERS and AMY, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff filed suit against his treating orthopedic surgeon and the radiologist who performed an arthrogram for diagnostic purposes. He alleged that the radiologist and the hospital at which the arthrogram was performed breached the applicable standard of care in that the sterile field during the procedure was not maintained. This breach, he alleges, resulted in a shoulder infection that ultimately led to a shoulder fusion. He also argued that the...

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