Ward v. Abasi

DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s medical malpractice action as prescribed.

On September 21, 1987, the plaintiff, Edward Ward, was struck in the right calf with a rusty wire. He went to the emergency room at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. There, the puncture wound was treated by Dr. Munir Khalid Abasi. Dr. Abasi noticed that the wire had pierced a suspicious looking mole. He removed a portion of the mole for biopsy. The mole was found to be cancerous. Dr. Abasi referred Ward to Dr. James P. David for removal of…