BOUDREAUX v. PARNELL

No. 11-CA-631.

96 So.3d 1181 (2012)

Jeannine BOUDREAUX, v. Melvin L. PARNELL, Jr., M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray A. Roth, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Jeannine Boudreaux.

Franklin D. Beahm , A. Rebecca Wilmore , Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Melvin L. Parnell, Jr., M.D. and Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, and JUDE G. GRAVOIS.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice suit in which the plaintiff's claims were dismissed after a bench trial. The plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

The issues are whether the radial nerve palsy that developed in the plaintiff's right arm after shoulder surgery was either caused or worsened by the defendant surgeon's failure to x-ray the surgery site, and whether the defendant provided sufficient information to enable the plaintiff to give informed...

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