Legal Opinion
Simien v. Medical Protective Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 3, 2009No. 08-1185PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAINTER, Judge.
^Plaintiffs, Cleotter and Ruben Simien, filed' a medical malpractice suit against Medical Protective Company and Dr. John Rainey relative to the recurrence of Mrs. Simien’s thyroid cancer. Plaintiffs now appeal the dismissal of their suit by the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s decision.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In January of 1998, Mrs. Simien was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent a total thyroidectomy. She began treating with Dr. Rainey following a consult request from Dr.…
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