Stern v. Lanng

Citations

• 106 La. 738

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus.</p> <p>The action was one sounding in tort for the alleged unskillful and negligent manner the defendant, as a physician, performed the duty he had assumed.</p> <p>The rule is well settled that the oculist who treats a patient must exercise In that regard the care and skill usually exercised by oculists In good standing. He may be rendered liable for his gross mistakes.</p> <p>It was not shown by a preponderance of testimony that defendant through want of skill or negligence committed a mistake for which he can be held pecuniarily liable. Experts testified that he followed the established practice, and it Is not shown that he committed a gross error, the proximate cause of the injury of which plaintiff complains.</p>