Carter v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance

KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal questions the trial court’s judgment finding no negligence or breach of contractual guarantee on the part of an obstetrician/gynecologist who performed an unsuccessful tubal ligation which resulted in a pregnancy and birth of a healthy child.

FACTS

The record before us includes testimony, documentary evidence, and a stipulation of facts which reveal the following. Dr. Lynn J. Brouillette, a board certified obstetrician/gynecologist, performed a tubal ligation on Patricia Carter on August 30, 1982, which failed to prevent a subsequent pregnancy and birth of her fourth…