(October 16, 2015, 2:07 PM EDT) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana appeals panel on Oct. 14 affirmed a lower court’s refusal to order the unsuccessful plaintiffs in a medical malpractice dispute to pay the defendants’ expert cardiologist’s $34,064.41 witness fee (William McDougald, et al. v. St. Francis North Hospital, Inc., et al., No. 50,079-CA, La. App., 2nd Cir.; 2015 La. App. LEXIS 2020)....