Legal Opinion
Prine v. Bailey
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 15, 2010No. 45,815-CAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chief Judge.
| gThis is a medical malpractice case. Plaintiffs are Claude Prine, the surviving spouse of Mary Prine, and the couple’s two adult children, Toni Prine Shumate and David Prine. Plaintiffs allege that defendant, Dr. Donovan W. Bailey, was Mrs. Prine’s primary care physician and that he breached the applicable standard of care by failing to recommend colorectal cancer screening for Mrs. Prine after she reached 50 years of age. Plaintiffs allege that de*331fendant’s medical negligence caused Mrs. Prine’s wrongful death.
In April of 2001, Dr. Bailey gave Mrs. Prine a “Stool Occult…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gibson v. Bossier City General Hosp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- Lovelace v. GiddensLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
- King v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HEALTHLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
- Prine v. BaileyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
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