PITTS v. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUT. INS. CO.

No. 2015 CA 0848.

197 So.3d 221 (2016)

David PITTS Jr. and Kenyetta Gurley v. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Rhoda Renee Jones, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman Q. Mack , Matthew H. Todd , Albany, LA, and Bertha Iturralde Taylor , Travis A. Taylor , Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, David Pitts, Jr. and Kenyetta Gurley.

Benjamin J. Biller , New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants, Lammico and Rhoda R. Jones, M.D.

Kirk P. Groh , Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellants, Louisiana Patients Compensation Fund, and Louisiana Patients Compensation Fund Oversight Board.

Before PETTIGREW, McCLENDON, WELCH, HIGGINBOTHAM, and CRAIN, JJ.


In this medical malpractice case, the defendants appeal the trial court's entry of a judgment notwithstanding the jury's verdict (JNOV) and its conditional grant of a motion for a new trial in favor of the plaintiffs. For the following reasons, we reverse that judgment and reinstate the jury's verdict, together with the judgment of...

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