SMITH v. ELMWOOD MEDICAL CENTER

No. 98-CA-477.

720 So.2d 1222 (1998)

Eric SMITH v. ELMWOOD MEDICAL CENTER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda M. Meyer, New Orleans, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Joy Goldberg Braun, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellee.

Before GAUDIN, CANNELLA and DALEY, JJ.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Plaintiff, Eric Smith, appeals from this summary judgment granted in favor of defendant, Elmwood Medical Center (Elmwood). For the reasons which follow, we find that the trial court erred in granting the summary judgment.

On October 14,1992, while working a security detail, plaintiff slipped and fell and hurt his back. Plaintiff summoned his supervisor, Alex Gerhold (Gerhold), who arrived at the scene and determined that plaintiff should be...

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