MONISTERE v. ENGELHARDT

Nos. 04-CA-1126, 04-CA-1127.

896 So.2d 1105 (2005)

Theresa B. MONISTERE, Jo Ann M. Credo, and Mary M. Dargis, Individually and on Behalf of Their Deceased Husband and Father, Respectively, Albert S. Monistere v. Tod C. ENGELHARDT, M.D. In re Medical Review Panel Claim of Theresa B. Monistere, Wife of Albert S. Monistere and Their Children, Jo Ann M. Credo and Mary M. Dargis.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.A. Fleming, III, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee-2nd Appellant.

Irving H. Koch, Metairie, LA, for Intervenor/Appellant.

Stephanie B. Laborde, Angela W. Adolph, Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenor/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

On November 7, 2001, the plaintiffs filed this medical malpractice action against Dr. Tod Engelhardt, after a finding by the Medical Review Panel that Dr. Engelhardt breached the applicable standard of care when he performed mitral valve replacement and single vessel coronary bypass surgery on Albert Monistere on March 25, 1999, resulting in a second surgery and subsequently Mr. Monistere's death on March 26, 1999. The plaintiffs are Mr...

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