LEGER v. KENT

Nos. 2001-C-2241, 2001-C-2380.

817 So.2d 305 (2002)

Mary Elizabeth LEGER, et al., v. John N. KENT, D.D.S., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Cranner, Gary L. Hanes, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C., and Patricia A. Traina, Berrigan, Litchfield, Schonekas, Mann, Traina & Thompson, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Relators.

Michael D. Carbo, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Relator.

Donni E. Young, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., New Orleans, LA, and H. Blair Hahn, Kevin L. Oufnac, Ness, Motely, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., Mt. Pleasant, SC, for Intervenors-Respondents.

Gerald E. Meunier, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans, LA, and Mitchell A. Toups, Weller, Toups & Terrell, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, and John W. DeGravelles, DeGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Fruge, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Respondents.

Court Composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.


MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

In December 1992, Mary Elizabeth Leger and Albert Leger filed suit against John N. Kent, D.D.S., the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College doing business as L.S.U. Dental School (hereinafter, "LSU"), and others alleging dental malpractice and products liability arising from the surgical implantation of a Vitek device in Ms. Leger's temporomandibular joint. In October 1998, Patricia...

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