Aaron v. City of Shreveport

| t CARAWAY, J.

This case involves a dispute over the diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type I, also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (“RSD”). RSD is a pain disorder affecting the sympathetic nerve system, and it was first diagnosed in plaintiff 19 months following an automobile accident which initially caused soft tissue *916injuries to both of plaintiffs legs immediately below the knee. The defendant, which does not challenge its liability for the accident, presented expert medical testimony disputing the diagnosis of RSD. The trial court ruled in favor of defendant’s position…