FISCHER v. MEGISON

No. 07-CA-1023.

986 So.2d 95 (2008)

Veronica Fischer, Wife of/and Carroll FISCHER v. John W. MEGISON, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Hall, William W. Hall & Associates, and Kenneth V. Ward, Jr., Law Offices of Kenneth V. Ward, Metairie, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Jacqueline H. Blankenship, Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Murray, Recile, Griffith, Stakelum & Hayes, L.L.P., Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., THOMAS F. DALEY, and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


THOMAS F. DALEY, Judge.

The plaintiffs have appealed the trial court judgment in favor of the defendant in this medical malpractice case. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS:

The plaintiffs, Veronica Fischer and her husband, Carroll Fischer, filed suit against Dr. John Megison alleging he was negligent in his evaluation of her complaints of a breast mass, which resulted in his failure to timely diagnose her breast cancer.

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