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BALSEIRO v. CASTANEDA-ZUNIGA

No. 2004-CA-2038.

916 So.2d 1149 (2005)

Jesse BALSEIRO, M.D. v. Wilfrido CASTANEDA-ZUNIGA, M.D., John Ruby, PH.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center New Orleans, Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Beahm, John R. Cook, IV, Beahm & Green, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Amy Groves Lowe, Kathleen Gendusa Trascher, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).

Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.

This is a suit for wrongful termination of an employment contract. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Jesse Balseiro, M.D., awarding $278,295.60 in damages, the defendants appeal. Dr. Balseiro answers the appeal seeking additional relief. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1992, Dr. Balsiero was appointed to the faculty of the Louisiana State University Medical Center...

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