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ROGERS v. COLUMBIA/HCA OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA, INC.

Civil Action No. 96-2839.

971 F.Supp. 229 (1997)

Charles ROGERS, v. COLUMBIA/HCA OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA, INC., et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

June 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Sale Smith, David A. Johnson, Smith Farrar & Johnson, Ball, LA, for Charles Rogers MD, M.D.

Scott Holland Crawford, Crawford & Lewis, Baton Rouge, LA, Mary G. Erlingson, Matchett Verbois Futrell & Henchy, Baton Rouge, LA, for Columbia/HCA of Central Louisiana, Inc., Philip Lindsay, M.D., George Hovantanian, M.D., J. Michael Conerly, M.D., David Rayburn, M.D., John McCabe, M.D., Rapides Foundation.

Scott Holland Crawford, Crawford & Lewis, Baton Rouge, LA, for Central Louisiana Healthcare System Ltd. Partnership.

RULING

LITTLE, Chief Judge.

As the stay of this matter is lifted, we consider again the defendants' motion for summary judgment. This case requires the court to apply a maxim stated by the English philosopher John Donne: "I observe the physician with the same diligence as he the disease."1 We apply the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (the "HCQIA"), 42 U.S.C. § 11101, et seq., which establishes...

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