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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Pfiffner v. Correa, 643 So. 2d 1228.

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  • Gabriel v. Tamimie 110 So. 3d 717 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
    Pfiffner v. Corea, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), .
  • McClendon v. Williams 110 So. 3d 216 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2013
    In Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, p. 9 (La.10/17/94), , the supreme court held that “expert testimony is not always necessary in order for a plaintiff to meet his burden of proof in establishing a medical malpractice claim,” such as where a lay person can perceive negligence on the part of the defendant as well as an expert can, or where the 17defendant/physician t
  • Wilson ex rel. Brown v. Touro Infirmary 156 So. 3d 661 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
    Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 34-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Roberts v. Marx 109 So. 3d 462 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2013
    Samaha, supra; Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Gleason, supra.
  • Toston v. St. Francis Medical Center, Inc. 108 So. 3d 197 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2012
    Pfiffner v. Correa, *205 94-0924, (La.10/17/94), ; Samaha, supra.
  • Richard v. Parish Anesthesia Associates, Ltd. 106 So. 3d 730 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
    Additionally, the Louisiana Supreme Court in Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), -33 , summarized the statutory burden upon plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases: ...
  • Crockham v. Thompson 107 So. 3d 719 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2012
    Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924 (La.10/17/94), ; Johnson v. Morehouse General Hospital, 2010-0387 (La.5/10/11), ; Harper v. Minor, supra.
  • Farmer v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center 109 So. 3d 15 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2012
    9:2794(A); Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Bamburg v. St.
  • Hershel Blood v. Southwest Medical Center F/K/A/ Medical Center of Southwest Louisiana La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2012
  • Donald Collins v. National Healthcare of Leesville, Inc. D/B/A Byrd Regional Hospital La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2012
  • Blood v. Southwest Medical Center 102 So. 3d 1053 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
  • Collins v. National Healthcare of Leesville, Inc. 101 So. 3d 1110 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
    3 Cir. 12/10/08) , , writ denied, 09-80 (La.3/13/09), (citing Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-924, 94-963, 94-992 (La.10/17/94), .)
  • Battaglia v. Chalmette Medical Center, Inc. 126 So. 3d 524 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
    In Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), , the Supreme Court stated: The jurisprudence has also recognized that there are situations in which expert testimony is not necessary..
  • Ballard v. Plantation Management Co. 99 So. 3d 16 La. 2012
    See Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Hendrix v. Maison Orleans I, L.L.C. 101 So. 3d 1013 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
    lpractice case has been previously set forth by the Louisiana Supreme Court: “[T]he plaintiff must establish the standard of care applicable to the charged physician, a violation by the physician of that standard of care, and a causal connection between the physician’s alleged negligence and the plaintiff’s injuries resulting therefrom.” Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94) ; Beaucoudray, supra, 9 So.3d at 923 .
  • Goudia v. Mann 98 So. 3d 364 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
    4 Cir. 12/8/10) , , reh'g denied, (1/13/11), writ denied, 11-0311 (La.4/1/11), (citing Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Beaucoudray v. Walsh, 07-0818 (La.App.
  • Boudreaux v. Parnell 96 So. 3d 1181 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
    a causal connection between the physician’s alleged negligence and the plaintiffs injuries resulting therefrom.” Pfiffner v. *1194 Correa, 94-0924, p. 8 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Harper v. Minor 86 So. 3d 690 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2012
    9:2794(A); Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Bamburg v. St.
  • Rene' Owens v. Dr. Ruth L. Smothers, M.D. La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2011
    3 Cir. 12/11/02), writ denied, 03-0476 (La.4/25/03), (citing Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ).
  • Wansley v. ABC Insurance Co. 81 So. 3d 725 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2011
    Obvious examples of negligence, as set forth by the Supreme Court in Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992, 94-0963, 94-0924, p. 9 (La.10/17/94), , are fracturing a leg during an examination, amputating the wrong limb, or leaving a sponge in a patient’s body.
  • MB Industries, LLC v. CNA Insurance Co. 74 So. 3d 1173 La. 2011
    same principle in medical malpractice cases: “Expert testimony is not required where the physician does an obviously careless act, such as fracturing a leg during examination, amputating the wrong arm, dropping a knife, scalpel, or acid on a patient, or leaving a sponge in a patient’s body, from which a lay person can infer negligence.” Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Alfred Dupree v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Ins. Co. La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2011
    10/17/94), Weeks v. Brown, 01-00495 (La.App.
  • Brenna Davis v. Women & Children's Hospital Lake Charles La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2011
    10/17/94), and Hastings v. Baton Rouge Gen.
  • Dupree v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Ins. Co. 74 So. 3d 880 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2011
    9:2794; Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Weeks v. Brown, 01-00495 (La.App.
  • Marroy v. Hertzak 77 So. 3d 307 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2011
    Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-924, 94-963, 94-992 (La.10/17/94), .
  • McGlothlin v. Christus St. Patrick Hospital 65 So. 3d 1218 La. 2011
  • Amos v. Crouch 71 So. 3d 1053 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2011
    9:2794(A); Johnson v. Morehouse General Hospital, 10-0387 (La.05/10/11), ; Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924 (La.10/17/94), ; Prine v. Bailey, 45,815 (La.App.2d Cir.12/15/10), .
  • Simmons v. Christus Schumpert Medical Center 71 So. 3d 407 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2011
    9:2794(A); Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Ball v. Charter Forest Behavioral Health System, Inc., 41,329 (La.App.2d Cir.8/23/06), .
  • Johnson v. Morehouse General Hospital 63 So. 3d 87 La. 2011
    9:2794(A); 8 Schultz v. Guoth, 10-0343 (La.1/19/11), ; Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Marenghi v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. 62 So. 3d 847 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2011
    In Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), , the supreme court stated: The jurisprudence has also recognized that there are situations in which expert testimony is not necessary.
  • In Re Medical Review Panel for the Claim of Kluksdahl 62 So. 3d 189 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2011
    The plaintiff is correct that there are some very limited circumstances of such obvious negligence that expert testimony is not required to establish a malpractice claim, see Pfiffner v. Correa, 1994-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Schultz v. Guoth, 2010-343 (La.1/19/2011), , but he clearly misapprehends the shifting burdens of proof on summary judgment.
  • Sharon Lecroy v. Byrd Regional Hospital La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2011
  • LeCroy v. Byrd Regional Hospital 56 So. 3d 1167 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2011
    ad any actual knowledge of Dr. Alammar’s conduct.” “Expert testimony is generally required to establish the applicable standard of care and whether or not that standard was breached, except where the negligence is so obvious that a lay person can infer negligence without the guidance of expert testimony.” Samaha, 977 So.2d at 884 (citing Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-924, 94-968, |794-992 (La.10/17/94), ).
  • In Re Medical Review Panel Claim of Dunjee 57 So. 3d 541 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2011
    See generally Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Samaha v. Rau, 07-1726 (La.2/26/08), .
  • Schultz v. Guoth 57 So. 3d 1002 La. 2011
    The leading case addressing this issue is Pfiffner v. Coma, 94-0924 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Pamela Skinner v. Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
    In summary, “[t]he plaintiff must establish the standard of care applicable to the charged physician, a violation by the physician of that standard of care, and a causal connection between the physician’s alleged negligence and the plaintiff’s injuries resulting therefrom.” Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-924, p. 7 (La.10/17/94)
  • Braud v. Woodland Village L.L.C. 54 So. 3d 745 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    alpractice case has been previously set forth by the Louisiana Supreme Court: “[T]he plaintiff must establish the standard of care applicable to the charged physician, a violation by the physician of that standard of care, and a causal connection between the physician’s alleged negligence and the plaintiffs injuries resulting therefrom.” Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94) ; Beaucoudray, supra, 9 So.3d at 923 .
  • Skinner v. Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital 53 So. 3d 567 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    In summary, “[t]he plaintiff must establish the standard of care applicable to the charged physician, a violation by the physician of that standard of care, and a causal connection between the physician’s alleged negligence and the plaintiffs injuries resulting therefrom.” Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-924, p. 7 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Swillie v. St. Francis Medical Center 48 So. 3d 317 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2010
    9:2794 A; Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Wiley, supra.
  • Burns v. CLK Investments V, L.L.C. 45 So. 3d 1152 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    See Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992, 94-0924, 94-0963, p. 9 (La.10/17/94), .
  • McCarter c. Lawton 44 So. 3d 342 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    The Louisiana Supreme Court in Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94), -33 , summarized the statutory burden: Thus, the plaintiff must establish the standard of care applicable to the charged physician, a violation by the physician of that standard of care, and a causal connection between the physician’s alleged negligence and the plaintiffs injuries resulting therefrom, (emphasis a
  • Shane Kerry v. Charles Pearson, M.D. La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
  • Kerry v. Pearson 40 So. 3d 463 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    “Expert testimony is generally required to establish the applicable standard of care and whether or not that standard was breached, except where the negligence is [7so obvious that a lay person can infer negligence without the guidance of expert testimony.” Samaha, 977 So.2d at 884 (citing Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-924, 94-963, 94-992 (La.10/17/94), ).
  • Jordan v. State ex rel. Board of Administrators 40 So. 3d 1139 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    Lugenbuhl v. Dowling, 96-1575 (La.1997), (citing Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94) ; La.
  • Jordan v. STATE EX REL. BD. OF ADM'RS 40 So. 3d 1139 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 2010
    Lugenbuhl v. Dowling, 96-1575 (La.1997), (citing Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992 (La.10/17/94) ; La.
  • Miller v. Tulane University Hospital 38 So. 3d 1142 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0992, 94-0963, 94-0924, p. 9 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Janney v. Pearce 40 So. 3d 285 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
    9:2794(A); Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, p. 8 (La.10/17/94), .
  • Reilly v. SPINAZZE 34 So. 3d 1069 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2010
    See, Pfiffner v. Correa, 1994-0924, 1994-0963, 1994-0992 (La.10/17/94), ; Hinson, supra.
  • Jessica M. Parker v. University Medical Center La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
  • Parker v. University Medical Center 30 So. 3d 1187 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010