COLEMAN v. DENO

No. 99-CA-2998.

832 So.2d 1016 (2002)

Louis COLEMAN, Individually and as Father of Louis Frank Coleman v. Dr. Richard DENO, Dr. Ivan Sherman and JoEllen Smith Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied as Amended December 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle A. Bourque, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Statutory Intervenor/Appellant, The Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund.

Gerald E. Meunier, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, and Frank J. D'Amico, Jr., Judith A. Gic, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Louis Coleman.

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Karen M. Fontana, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant, Dr. Richard Dino.

(Court composed of Chief Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, Sr., and Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY).


WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III, Chief Judge.

In this medical malpractice claim, with respect to damages, the Louisiana Supreme Court remanded this case to this Court "both for a meaningful quantum review and a recasting of the ultimate judgment in accordance with the limitations of the LMMA [Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, La. R.S. 40:1299.41 et seq"] Coleman v. Deno, 2001-1517 (La.1/25/02), 813 So.2d 303.

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