Adeola v. Kemmerly
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtLclaiborne, J.
The defendant-appellant, Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund (LPCF), appeals a judgment rendered in accordance with a jury verdict awarding damages to plaintiff-appellee, Fadeka Joyce Adeola, a minor child.2 LPCF alleges the trial court erred in qualifying an expert and not allowing the proper cross-examination of the expert in the presence of the jury, thereby preventing the jury from having a basis for evaluating credibility, and resulting in an exorbitant damage award. For the following reasons, we vacate and remand for a new trial.
FACTS
On March 28, 1996, the nine-month-old plaintiff was…
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