Legal Opinion
Scales v. Rapides Regional Medical Center
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 6, 2002No. 01-1147PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
I WOODARD, Judge.
On April 10, 1996, Dr. Charles Rogers performed a bariatric surgical procedure, on Mrs. Frances Scales at Rapides Regional Medical Center (RRMC) in Alexandria, Louisiana. He had been prohibited from performing such procedures four months prior to her operation. Approximately ten days after the surgery, she developed a post-operative infection which, allegedly, resulted from the operation.
Early in 1998, she and her husband saw an advertisement, in the Arkansas Democrat newspaper, discussing a pending investigation and possible class action against Dr. Rogers. On March 16,…
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