Graham v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
699 So.2d 365 (1997)
Melvin GRAHAM
v.
WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, et al.
No. 97-C-0188.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 9, 1997.
Rehearing Denied October 10, 1997.
Albert M. Hand, Jr., Cook, Yancy, King & Galloway, Shreveport, for Applicant.
John L. Hammons, Nelson & Hammons, Shreveport, for Respondent.
LEMMON, Justice.
This is a medical malpractice action arising from treatment of a gunshot injury. Dr. Forrest Wright, the general surgeon who performed an emergency repair of plaintiff's lacerated intestine, properly stopped the hemorrhaging by ligating the severed external iliac artery that…
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