HOLTZCLAW v. OCHSNER CLINIC, P.C.

No. 02-CA-555.

831 So.2d 495 (2002)

Richard and La Rue HOLTZCLAW v. OCHSNER CLINIC, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Gennusa, II, Gina Gennusa Piacun, Kelly E. Barbier, Metairie, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Adams and Reese, LLP, Charles F. Gay, Jr., Robert N. Markle, Elisia E. Shofstahl, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendants-Appellants.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., SOL GOTHARD and THOMAS F. DALEY.


EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Ochsner Clinic, L.L.C. and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation (collectively Ochsner), defendants-appellants, from a $125,000 judgment in favor of Richard Holtzclaw, plaintiff-appellee, in this medical mal-practice action. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment.

The basic facts are not disputed. On September 6, 1989, at about 11:00AM, Holtzclaw underwent a colonoscopy, a non-surgical procedure...

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