HOBBS v. SAVOY

No. 2008-119.

984 So.2d 945 (2008)

Beverly HOBBS, et al. v. Patrick SAVOY, M.D., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Dalrymple, Rivers, Beck, Dalrymple & Ledet, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Beverly Hobbs and Cecil Hobbs.

James R. Shelton, Tiffany C. Babineaux, Durio, McGoffin, Stagg, & Ackermann, P.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. and Patrick Savoy, M.D.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, GLENN B. GREMILLION, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

The defendants, Dr. Patrick Savoy and his insurer, St Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., appeals the trial court's ruling allowing a physician specializing in internal medicine to testify during a medical malpractice trial against him, when the defendant's specialty is general surgery. We affirm.

FACTS

The plaintiffs, Beverly and Cecil Hobbs, filed a medical malpractice suit against Dr. Savoy and St. Paul, after two of Beverly...

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