BUTLER v. LOUISIANA MUT. MEDICAL INS. CO.

No. 2015-CA-1191.

195 So.3d 570 (2016)

Lakisha BUTLER and Chela Victoria Butler v. LOUISIANA MUTUAL MEDICAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Dr. Floyd A. Buras, Jr., Dr. Louis Bevrotte, Drs. Lebouef & Buras, AMC, Dr. Neel Shah and Children's Hospital of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson W. Wagar, III , Richard A. Chopin , Sarah W. Hickman , Chopin Wagar Richard & Kutcher, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Raymond R. Egan, III , Terry B. Deffes , Godofsky & Schroeder, Metairie, LA, for Defendants/Appellants.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).


The defendants appeal the trial court's judgment which taxed all costs against them as the unsuccessful litigants in a medical malpractice suit. Given the record lacks sufficient evidence for this Court to reverse the trial court's award of taxable costs, we cannot say the trial court abused its discretion. Therefore, we affirm...

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