COSTA v. BOYD

No. 36,584-CA.

836 So.2d 1265 (2003)

Deborah Charlene Harris Costa and Michael COSTA, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Carter J. BOYD, M.D. and Family Practice Clinic, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rountree, Cox, Guin & Achee, By: Gordon E. Rountree, for Appellants.

Donald R. Miller, Shreveport, for Appellees.

Before BROWN, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

In this suit to recover damages for medical malpractice, Dr. Carter Boyd appeals a judgment awarding plaintiffs a total of $36,150 in general and special damages sustained as the result of Dr. Boyd's failure to timely order a blood test which would have detected Debra Costa's declining renal function and ultimately, her chronic renal failure.

We amend the judgment to reduce the award of special damages, and as amended, the judgment is affirmed.

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