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SCHEIDT v. DENNEY

No. 93 CA 2014.

644 So.2d 813 (1994)

Carol Renee' Coates SCHEIDT, Individually and as Representative of the Succession of Charles H. Scheidt, and as Tutrix of the Minor Children, Regina Nicole Scheidt, and Tara Charene Scheidt v. James B. DENNEY, M.D., and National Medical Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Northshore Psychiatric Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied January 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Mullin, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lawrence L. McNamara, and William S. Penick, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and SHORTESS and CARTER, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

In this medical malpractice suit it is alleged that Dr. James B. Denney and Northshore Psychiatric Hospital breached standards of care and that said breaches were a cause in the suicide of plaintiff's husband, Charles Scheidt.

FACTS

On July 16, 1987, Mr. Scheidt appeared at Northshore Psychiatric Hospital (Northshore) relating symptoms of depression. He was admitted and placed under the care of Dr. Denney. The immediate goal...

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