Hondroulis v. Schuhmacher
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
531 So.2d 450 (1988)
Viola K. HONDROULIS
v.
John SCHUHMACHER, M.D.
No. 88-C-0600.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 12, 1988.
Rehearing Granted December 1, 1988.
Trevor G. Bryan, Jefferson, Bryan, Gray & Jupiter, New Orleans, for applicant.
Edward Rice, Jr., Lisa D. Newman, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, for respondent.
WATSON, Justice.
Does a medical consent form, which tracks the language of LSA-R.S. 40:1299.40 A.,[1] have to specify all known risks of a particular surgical procedure? Absent misrepresentation of material facts, what proof is required to rebut the statutory presumption of consent…
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- Sard v. HardyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
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