Patricia Wallace Cunningham, Wife of/and Earnest CUNNINGHAM
v.
CHALMETTE MEDICAL CENTER, Ralph Gessner, M.D., Mark Vrahas, M.D., John T. Thien, M.D., Michael K. Hill, M.D., Stephen Kishner, M.D., Walter H. Brent, Jr., M.D. and ABC Insurance Company.
Patricia Wallace Cunningham, Wife of/and Ernest E. Cunningham
v.
Chalmette Medical Center, Ralph Gessner, M.D., Mark S. Vrahas, M.D., John T. Thien, M.D., Michael K. Hill, M.D., Stephen Kishner, M.D., Walter H. Brent, Jr., M.D., IMG Healthcare, L.L.C., and UHS of New Orleans, Inc.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 15, 2003.
October 15, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Allan Berger, Allan Berger & Associates, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, and Gerald J. Calogero, Metairie, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellees.
David A. Bowling, Douglas R. Kraus, Wilson, Bowling & Kraus, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellants, Chalmette Medical Center, Inc. and UHS of New Orleans, Inc.
Thomas C. Cowan, J. Roslyn Lemmon, Darrin L. Forte, Preston & Cowan, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellants, Michael K. Hill, M.D., and IMG Healthcare Network, L.L.C.
Harvey J. Godofsky, Deborah I. Schroeder, Mang, Batiza, Gaudin, Godofsky & Penzato Metairie, LA, Attorney for Defendants/Appellants, Ralph Gessner, M.D. and Walter H. Brent, Jr., M.D.
Stephen M. Pizzo, Mary K. Peyton, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant, John T. Thien, M.D.
Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, E. Ralph Lupin, M.D., Special Assistant Attorney General, Kathleen A. Chapman, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer M. Caulfield, Special Assistant Attorney General, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellants, Mark S. Vrahas, M.D., and Stephen Kishner, M.D.
(Court composed of Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge DAVID S. GORBATY).
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.
On May 21, 1998, Patricia Wallace Cunningham underwent surgery for a total hip replacement at Chalmette Medical Center. The surgery was performed by Drs. Ralph Gessner and Mark Vrahas. Following this surgery, Mrs. Cunningham was monitored and treated by Drs. John Thien, Michael Hill, Stephen Kishner and Walter Brent, Jr. as well as Drs. Gessner and Vrahas. Mrs. Cunningham contends that these physicians failed to appropriately monitor her...
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