Legal Opinion
McCoy v. Calamia
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 5, 1995No. 94-1274PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JiDOUCET, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding that Dr. James Lipstate did not commit malpractice in his treatment of Mrs. Janell McCoy.
In late 1984, Mrs. McCoy was diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is disease of the joint. The synovi-um or lining of the joint becomes inflamed and can eat into the bone. The inflammation produces an excess of fluid. The fluid so produced is abnormal in that it does not have lubricating quality of normal synovial fluid found around the joints. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include joint pain, swelling *765and…
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