SHELTON v. HAIR

No. 06-233.

939 So.2d 685 (2006)

Barbara SHELTON, et vir. v. James G. HAIR, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Ferrell, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-First Appellants Barbara Shelton, et vir.

Victor H. Sooter, Alexandria, LA, for Defendants-Second Appellants Dr. James G. Hair and the Doctors Company.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


PAINTER, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, Plaintiff, Barbara Shelton, and her husband, David Shelton, sued Dr. C. Babson Fresh, a surgeon, and Dr. James G. Hair, a pathologist, following brain surgery. Plaintiffs alleged that Mrs. Shelton suffered severe deficits from having a portion of her brain removed unnecessarily after Dr. Fresh performed the surgery based on a "presumptive" diagnosis of astrocytoma from Dr. Hair. Dr. Fresh was voluntarily dismissed...

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