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WHITTINGTON v. SAVOY

No. 2005-1169.

931 So.2d 1198 (2006)

Veronica Ray WHITTINGTON v. Patrick SAVOY, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene A. Ledet, Jr., Rivers, Beck, Dalrymple & Ledet, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Veronica Ray Whittington.

James R. Shelton, Durio, McGoffin, Stagg & Ackermann, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Patrick Savoy, M.D.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.

GREMILLION, Judge.

The plaintiff, Veronica Ray Whittington, appeals the trial court's judgment finding that she failed to satisfy her burden of proving that the defendant, Dr. Patrick Savoy, committed medical malpractice. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

Whittington, the mother of two children, underwent cesarian sections both times instead of normal parturition. These procedures resulted in a vertical scar from her umbilicus, or navel...

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