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GOODWIN v. KUFOY

No. CA 07-737.

974 So.2d 815 (2008)

Patricia GOODWIN v. Dr. Ernesto KUFOY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bergstedt, The Bergstedt Law, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company, Dr. Ernesto Kufoy.

Randall Scott Iles, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Patricia Goodwin.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.

SAUNDERS, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case. An internist failed to successfully start a central line in order for the patient to receive her prescribed medication intravenously. During the attempts to start the central line, the internist made an indeterminate number of puncture wounds at four different sites on the patient's body.

The patient experienced pain during that night after the failed procedure, but her pain was managed successfully with...

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