COX v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER

No. 28,632-CA.

680 So.2d 1309 (1996)

James Harper COX, Jr., et ux, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, et al Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Hammons & Self by John L. Hammons, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Rountree, Cox, Guin & Achee by Gordon E. Rountree, Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellee, Dr. James H. Phillips.

Charles G. Tutt, Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellee, Dr. Nancy J. Johnson.

Before NORRIS, WILLIAMS and CARAWAY, JJ.


CARAWAY, Judge.

In this wrongful death action, plaintiffs, James Harper Cox, Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Cox, appeal a judgment from a jury verdict which found no medical malpractice on the part of the defendant, Nancy J. Johnson, M.D., in the care and treatment of their son, Glenn William Cox. Glenn died in his home on August 18, 1990 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while he was on a twelve-hour pass authorized by the defendant...

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