ORGERON v. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUT. INS. CO.

No. 2008-CA-0179.

1 So.3d 576 (2008)

Patricia ORGERON, Individually and as the Legal Heir and Representative of Nelmar E. Hainley v. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Kelvin Contreary, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Widmann, Harry T. Widmann & Associates, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Jacqueline Blankenship, Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Murray, Recile, Griffith, Stakelum & Hayes, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for Defendants/Appellees.

(Court composed of Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).


PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.

The plaintiff, Patricia Orgeron, appeals the trial court's judgment finding the defendants, Dr. Kelvin Contreary and his malpractice insurer, Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company, not liable for the death of plaintiff's sister. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

The plaintiff's sister, Nelmar Hainley, was examined by Dr. Contreary, a general surgeon, on May 11, 2000. Ms. Hainley...

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