Doe v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

|1BYRNES, Judge.

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (“Medical Board”) appeals the trial court’s March 16, 1994 judgment finding that Dr. Raul R. Diaz was exonerated from any wrongdoing. We reverse.

On March 31, 1988, Dr. Raul Diaz1 was requested by Dr. Paul Verret, an internist, to see an elderly patient, M.F., in the Emergency Room of Chalmette Medical Center.2 In his consult note, Dr. Diaz noted a hip fracture on the right side and considered doing a bone graft. Dr. Diaz was offered assistance from one of his associates, Dr. Milton Rosen-krantz.

The consent form provided for a…