Leyva v. Iberia General Hospital & Medical Center

h KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal arises from a medical malpractice claim by Jacqueline Leyva against Iberia General Hospital and Drs. G.D. Sagrera, Emil Laga, and J.B. Pecot. Ms. Leyva settled with the hospital prior to trial, and at the close of the plaintiffs evidence, Drs. Laga and Pecot were dismissed on a motion for a directed verdict. As to the remaining defendant, Dr. Sagrera, Ms. Leyva alleged that his negligent performance of a bilateral tubal ligation in 1986 caused her to undergo three subsequent surgeries. A jury disagreed and returned a verdict in favor of Dr. Sagrera. We affirmed.…