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DAVIS v. ATCHISON

No. 37,832 CA.

859 So.2d 931 (2003)

Ethel M. DAVIS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Steven M. ATCHISON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy J. White, Mansfield, for Appellants.

Robert G. Pugh, Jr., Shreveport, for Appellees, Steven M. Atchison, M.D. and William L. Overdyke, M.D.

Robert W. Robison, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Appellee, Willis-Knighton Medical Center.

Before WILLIAMS, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.

CARAWAY, J.

This medical malpractice action was instituted against two physicians who performed bilateral simultaneous total knee replacement surgeries on an eighty-two year old woman. The surgeries had been cleared by the patient's primary care physician despite her age and diabetic and hypertensive history. Though the surgery occurred without incident, the patient developed heart and respiratory difficulties in the recovery room. Thereafter, she experienced further...

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