Kieffer v. Plunkett-Kuspa

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

| ^Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissal of their medical malpractice claims with prejudice. For the following reasons, we reverse that ruling and remand for further proceedings.

*683 Facts and Procedural History

On April 27, 1998, Jeana Kieffer presented to Ochsner Clinic in Metairie with complaints of “headache, inner cranial pressure, fever, heightened sensitivity to odors, ... congestion,” nausea and vomiting. Dr. Jo Ellen Plunkett, a physician at Ochsner Clinic, diagnosed Mrs. Kieffer with a sinus…