MASSE-RICHARDSON v. SAMUDIA

No. 2005-987.

925 So.2d 722 (2006)

Jimmie Lynn MASSE-RICHARDSON v. Dr. Ricardo SAMUDIA, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Guidry, Jeffery A. Mitchell, The Cochran Firm, Dothan, AL, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Jimmie Lynn Masse-Richardson.

J. Gregory Bergstedt, John E. Bergstedt, The Bergstedt Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Dr. P. Hooper Nichols, III, Dr. William Moss.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

In this case, the plaintiff, Jimmie Lynn Masse-Richardson, appeals the jury's finding that the defendant, Dr. P. Hooper Nichols, III, did not commit medical malpractice involving the death of her daughter, Carrie Brook Reese. For the following reasons, we vacate and set aside the judgment and remand for a new trial.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Masse-Richardson filed a Petition for Damages for Wrongful Death and Survival Action...

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