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DUMAS v. WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER

No. 98-CA-592

722 So.2d 1210 (1998)

Gaynell DUMAS and Ronald Dumas v. WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER, St. Paul Fire & Marine State of Louisiana Insurance Company, Nancy Reid, and Ralph Lupin, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Thomas, Poydras Center, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Peter J. Butler, Peter J. Butler, Jr. Michael C. Luquet Ralph T. Rabalais Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Court composed of Judges H. CHARLES GAUDIN, CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr., and EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr.

GRISBAUM, Judge.

This appeal relates to a medical malpractice action, which was dismissed in favor of the defendants-appellees. We affirm.

ISSUE

We determine the principal issue to be addressed is whether the actions of the nurse, when considering the totality of the circumstances, constitute a breach of her standard of care.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The plaintiff, Gaynell Dumas, arrived at West Jefferson Medical...

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