Snider v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
hWe granted certiorari in this case to review an appellate court reversal of a jury verdict, which found that the plaintiffs failed to prove that the defendant physician had committed medical malpractice; the appellate court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, imposing liability on the defendant physician and his insurer for failure to obtain informed consent in accordance with Louisiana’s Uniform Consent Law.1 For the reasons that follow, we *926reverse the appellate court and remand with instructions.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On May 13, 2007, within days of his twenty-seventh…
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- Wooley v. LucksingerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
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