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RICKS v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSP. DIST. # 2

No. 02-CA-720.

831 So.2d 1091 (2002)

Hugh A. RICKS and Janice Schmit Ricks, individually and on behalf of their minor son, Benjamin Ricks v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT # 2 d/b/a East Jefferson General Hospital and Ruary O'Connell, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Ray Orrill, Jr., W. Christopher Beary, Orrill, Cordell & Beary, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Appellants, Hugh and Janice Ricks.

Kurt S. Blankenship, Raquelle Badeaux, Blue Williams, LLP, Metairie, LA, for Appellee, Ruary O'Connell, M.D.

Panel composed of Judges JAMES L. CANNELLA, THOMAS F. DALEY, and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, after trial, the jury found that the doctor did not breach the applicable standard of care in his medical treatment of plaintiffs' son, Benjamin Ricks. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Facts

On July 20, 1991, Benjamin Ricks, a healthy 16-year-old boy, suffered a gunshot wound to his left chest. He was admitted to East...

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