McDougald v. St. Francis North Hospital, Inc.

1 Plaintiffs lost a medical malpractice trial. The sole issue before, us is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendants’ request to tax the plaintiffs with a $34, 064.41 expert witness fee paid by the defendants to the defense expert cardiologist, Dr. David Elizardi.

The defendants, cardiologist Dr. Ronald Koepke, and his medical malpractice insurer, Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LMMIC),1 appeal the trial court’s .judgment which only taxed plaintiffs with costs of other' experts in the amount of $3,539.76 plus judicial interest, while refusing to order…