DAVIS v. LAZARUS

No. 2004-CA-0582.

927 So.2d 456 (2006)

Roslyn DAVIS and Murphy Davis v. Dr. Edward LAZARUS and Sheila Fontenot, CRNA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno, Christopher J. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Kurt S. Blankenship, Robert I. Baudouin, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant (Dr. Edward Lazarus).

George E. Cain, Ann Marie Leblanc, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C., New Orleans, Counsel for Intervenor/Appellant (The Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund).

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS Jr., Judge LEON A. CANNIZZARO, Jr., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).


MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.

In this medical malpractice case, Dr. Edward Lazarus and the Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund ("PCF"), appeal the December 5, 2003 trial court judgment in favor of plaintiffs Roslyn and Murphy Davis.

On June 10, 1997, plaintiff Roslyn Davis was admitted to Touro Infirmary for an outpatient laparoscopic surgical procedure. Mrs. Davis' gynecologist, defendant Dr. Edward Lazarus, performed this procedure, which was completed without...

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