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HIGHSMITH v. FORET

No. 13-441.

124 So.3d 571 (2013)

Auta B. HIGHSMITH, et ux v. Lynn Edward FORET, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hammons , Nelson & Hammons, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Auta B. Highsmith, Eunice Highsmith.

J. Gregory Bergstedt , Fraiser, Wheeler & Bergstedt, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Lynn Edward Foret, M.D.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.

SAUNDERS, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case wherein the medial review panel and the trial court found no breach of the standard of care by an orthopedic surgeon who attempted to repair a right low intertrochanteric fracture on one of the plaintiffs. The surgery was unsuccessful and resulted in a non-union of the fracture, a known complication with this type of surgery.

The plaintiffs, due to only documentary...

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