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FLEMING v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, INC.

No. 96-C-1968.

691 So.2d 1216 (1997)

Deborah FLEMING v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, INC., d/b/a Cypress Hospital. Suandra FLEMING and Sharon Fleming v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, INC., d/b/a Cypress Hospital

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Zuber, Seale, Smith, Zuber & Barnette, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Michael Benny Miller, Miller & Miller, Crowley, for respondent.

Robert L. Roland, Chris James LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae Louisiana Hosp. Ass'n.

LEMMON, Justice.*

This is a wrongful death action. The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases are the children and the estranged wife of King Fleming, who apparently committed suicide several hours after he allegedly was refused emergency services at Cypress Hospital in Lafayette. A jury found that Cypress was not liable for damages on account of its failure "to examine or assess King Fleming," but the court of appeal reversed and rendered...

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