FLEMING v. HCA HEALTH SERV. OF LA., INC.

Nos. 95-1275, 95-1276.

676 So.2d 839 (1996)

Deborah FLEMING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, INC., d/b/a Cypress Hospital, Defendant-Appellee. Saundra FLEMING and Sharon Fleming, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, INC., d/b/a Cypress Hospital, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Benny Miller, Crowley, for Deborah Fleming.

Donald S. Zuber, Baton Rouge, for HCA Health Services of La. Inc. dba etc.

Before KNOLL, THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS, WOODARD, and AMY, JJ.


WOODARD, Judge.

In these consolidated cases, the plaintiffs have filed a civil suit against the defendant following the apparent suicide of King Fleming, the husband of Deborah and the father of Saundra and Sharon. The jury absolved the defendant of any liability, and the plaintiffs have appealed the verdict. We reverse.

FACTS

Sometime during the day on February 15, 1989, King Fleming went to the emergency room at St. Patrick's Hospital of Lake Charles...

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