Placide v. Jay’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “"After the accident on June 12, 1975, plaintiff was first seen by Dr. Roy Landry who found plaintiff, then 27 years of age, suffering moderately severe pain and swelling from an injury at the base of the penis. No injury to the back was diagnosed by Dr. Landry. He referred plaintiff to urologists for a possible injury to the urethra, but tests indicated healing had begun and plaintiff was discharged from the hospital on June 15, 1975. "Plaintiff saw his family physician, Dr. G. D. Sagrera, on June 19, 1975, complaining of tenderness in his penis. Dr. Sagrera referred plaintiff to Dr. Blacham, a urologist. "On June 30, 1975, plaintiff was examined by Dr. Spencer Walton, an orthopedic surgeon, who diagnosed a muscle strain in the low back. Plaintiff continued to see Dr. Walton for his back strain until April of 1976. There are no residuals of the back injury. "Plaintiff was seen by Dr. Sagrera again on July 11, 1975 and July 22, 1975 for complaints or impotence, i. e., the inability to have an erection sufficient for penetration. "On August 8, 1975, plaintiff began a long course of treatment by Dr. Brantly Scott, a urological surgeon in Houston, Texas. Dr. Scott specializes in impotency. He diagnosed that plaintiff was impotent. More specifically, Dr. Scott explained that the blow to the base of the penis left scar tissue which impaired the blood supply into the penis to the extent that plaintiff could not have a full erection. He recommended the only treatment available, a sur”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 408 So. 2d 330 - Placide v. Placide