DRISCOLL v. STUCKER

No. 2004-C-0589.

893 So.2d 32 (2005)

Peter DRISCOLL, M.D. v. Fred J. STUCKER, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP, Thomas Robert Peak, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Tutt, Stroud & Bordelon, LLC, Shreveport, Ansel Martin Stroud, III; Law Office of Kent Masterson Brown, Kent Masterson Brown, Pro Hac Vice, Christopher J. Shaughnessy, Pro Hac Vice, for respondent.


KNOLL, Justice.

This case concerns the liability and damages of a medical school and its supervising doctor that improperly causes a medical resident to be ineligible to sit for the board examination in the resident's specialty. More specifically, we are called upon to address the question of whether a medical doctor who successfully completes a residency program in otolaryngology has a property interest in receiving a letter of recommendation from his medical school...

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