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SAMUEL v. BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 98 CA 669.

757 So.2d 43 (2000)

Joyce T. SAMUEL, Tiffany Samuel and Bridgette Samuel v. BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER, Terry R. Jones, M.D., John D. Frusha, M.D., and Vascular Surgery Associates of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 2000.

Writs Denied June 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin P. Mouton, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Joyce T. Samuel, Tiffany Samuel and Bridgette Samuel.

James P. Dore, Baton Rouge, for Defendants-Appellants Terry R. Jones, M.D. and Vascular Surgery Associates of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Michael M. Remson, Baton Rouge, for Defendant Baton Rouge General Medical Center.

BEFORE: FOIL, WHIPPLE, FOGG, FITZSIMMONS, and GUIDRY, JJ.

GUIDRY, J.

This appeal challenges a trial court's finding that a doctor committed malpractice by giving his patient inadequate discharge instructions. Finding this determination to be neither manifestly erroneous nor clearly wrong, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This malpractice litigation stems from the treatment of Alfred Samuel by Dr. Terry Jones, a vascular surgeon. At the time, Mr. Samuel had end stage renal disease, or chronic...

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