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DUTTON v. O'CONNELL

No. 04-CA-1287.

901 So.2d 602 (2005)

Granville DUTTON, David Morales and Rick Morales v. Ruary O'CONNELL, M.D., Elmwood Medical Center and Columbia Jefferson/Elmwood Skilled Nursing Facility.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Harvey, Sr., Jonathan M. Walsh, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Kurt S. Blankenship, Robert I. Baudouin, Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges THOMAS F. DALEY, MARION F. EDWARDS and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.

CLARENCE E. McMANUS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, David and Rick Morales, appeal the jury verdict in favor of defendants, Dr. Ruary O'Connell and Columbia Jefferson d/b/a Elmwood Medical Center and Skilled Nursing Facility. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the jury's verdict.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On July 8, 1996, Sarah Dutton, a sixty-nine year old obese woman, underwent gastric bypass surgery at Elmwood Medical Center. The surgery was performed...

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