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HUTCHINSON v. PATEL

No. 93-C-2156.

637 So.2d 415 (1994)

Nelita M. HUTCHINSON v. Navin P. PATEL, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald T.W. Phelps, Jay B. Mitchell, Daniel A. Reed, A. Edward Hardin, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Richard M. Upton, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

Jane E. Booth, Metairie, for amicus curiae Louisiana Psychiatric Ass'n, Louisiana State Medical Soc.

KIMBALL, Justice.*

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act1 governs a plaintiff's claim against a hospital and a psychiatrist for their alleged failure to warn or take reasonable precautions to protect the plaintiff against a threat of physical violence communicated to the psychiatrist by a patient. After construing the Act's definition of "malpractice" in...

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