PICKERING v. PARAGUYA

No. 07-1581.

9 So.3d 320 (2009)

James PICKERING, et al. v. Dr. Dalmacia PARAGUYA, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Shelton Durio, McGoffin, Stagg & Ackermann, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees: St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company and Dr. Dalmacia Paraguya.

Edmund M. Thomas, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants: James Pickering, et al., Todd A. Townsley, The Townsley Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA for Plaintiffs/Appellants: James Pickering, et al.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

Sherry Breaux, the daughter who represents the deceased plaintiff-appellant, James Pickering, asserts that the trial court erred by giving a wrong jury instruction regarding the applicable standard of care in this medical malpractice suit against an endocrinologist, Dr. Dalmacio Paraguya, and his insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. After a trial, the jury found that Dr. Paraguya did not breach the standard of care he owed...

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