LaMARK v. NME HOSPITALS, INC.

No. CA-9189.

529 So.2d 868 (1988)

Alfred LaMARK, Sr., on his own Behalf and on Behalf of his Minor Children, Alfred LaMark Jr., Crystal LaMark and Jared LaMark and as Curator of his wife, Helen LaMark, and Reginald LaMark, on His Own Behalf v. NME HOSPITALS, INC., d/b/a Meadowcrest Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Thomas, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Ivor A. Trapolin, L. Kevin Coleman, T.A., Trapolin & Coleman, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and KLEES and WILLIAMS, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiffs herein are the spouse and children of Mrs. Helen LaMark, who suffered severe hypoxic brain damage after she had ceased breathing for an unknown period of time while in the recovery room of Meadowcrest Hospital following ordinary gynecological surgery. This action was commenced when plaintiffs filed a petition under the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, R.S. 40:1299.41 et. seq., seeking court...

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