TABOR v. DOCTORS MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 85 CA 0757.

501 So.2d 243 (1986)

James Fenton TABOR and His Wife, Mary Florence Tabor v. DOCTORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, HCA Health Services of Louisiana, Inc. d/b/a Doctors Memorial Hospital, Dr. John Dunn, and Emergency Physicians Association.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

On Rehearing January 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Walters, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants James Fenton Tabor, et al.

W. Luther Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Doctors Memorial Hosp. and HCA Health Services, Inc.

Donald S. Zuber, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Dr. John Dunn and Emergency Physicians Ass'n, Inc.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and PONDER , JJ.


WATKINS, Judge.

This is an action brought by James F. Tabor and Mary F. Tabor, against Doctors Memorial Hospital, HCA Health Services, Inc., Dr. John Dunn, and Emergency Physicians Association, Inc., for the wrongful death of the Tabors' son, Andrew Tabor (aged 22), by suicide, after having failed to be admitted to Doctors Memorial Hospital's psychiatric unit, Parkland. The case was tried before a jury. However, after both sides rested, defendants moved for a directed...

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