Thibodeaux v. Jurgelsky

li WOOD ARP, Judge.

Ms. Brenda Thibodeaux and her husband, Lucien (Gerard), appeal a trial court judgment which found that her OB/GYN, Dr. Debbie Jurgelsky, did not deviate from the proper standard of care when she performed a total abdominal hysterectomy during a dilation and curettage (D & C) procedure and more specifically, that Dr. Jurgelsky had consent to perform the hysterectomy. For the following reasons, we reverse.

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Dr; Jurgelsky had been Brenda’s treating OB/GYN since 1991, when Brenda was pregnant with her second child. She delivered the baby by cesarean section…