Legal Opinion

Hargroder v. Unkel

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 29, 2004No. 39,009-CAPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

888 So.2d 953 (2004)

Howard HARGRODER, Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

Dr. Steven UNKEL, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

No. 39,009-CA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 29, 2004.

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, L.L.P., by Gordon L. James, Monroe, for Appellant, Dr. Steven P. Unkel.

Sera H. Russell, III, Lafayette, for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, PEATROSS and LOLLEY, JJ.

GASKINS, J.

The defendant, Dr. Steven P. Unkel, appeals a jury verdict awarding $150,000 to the plaintiff, Dr. Howard Hargroder, for the loss of a chance of a better outcome arising from a stroke. For the following reasons, we affirm…

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