CASTILLE v. OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 96-1476.

692 So.2d 1303 (1997)

Jerry CASTILLE, Phyllis Castille, individually and as Administrator of the Estates of their minor children, Skeet David Castille, Kimberley Ann Castille, and Drake Anthony Castille, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Frank Comella, Annette Vallier, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Alan Thompson, Pitkin, Nick C.E. LeBleu, Greg Dumas, Richard E. Turkel, Orange, TX, for Jerry Castille, et al.

Joel Edward Gooch, Lafayette, for Patients' Compensation Fund.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and YELVERTON and WOODARD, JJ.


DOUCET, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their claim against the Patient's Compensation Fund (PCF) pursuant to a Motion for Summary Judgment.

On June 4, 1991, Jerry Castille was a patient at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center (OLOL) in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was being treated for cervical injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Castille was lying in a bed manufactured by Kinetic Concepts, Inc., attended by Frank Comella...

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