BATSON v. SOUTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER

No. 99-C-0232.

750 So.2d 949 (1999)

Deborah BATSON, Eula Maye Batson and Billy M. Batson v. SOUTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER and State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Health and Human Resources.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert William Barnes, Jr., Michael J. Samanie, Samanie, Barnes & Allen, Houma, Counsel for Appellant.

Gregory Carl Weiss, Weiss & Eason, New Orleans; Meredith Margaret Miceli, Frederick Thomas Greschner, Jr., Peter Elliot Sperling, Greg Anthony Pellegrini, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans; Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General; Joseph A. Reilly, Jr., Henderson, Hanemann & Morris, Houma, Counsel for Respondent.

Gregory David Frost, Larry Michael Roedel, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Louisiana Dental Ass'n.

Carlton Jones, III, David Alva Woolridge, Jr., Baton Rouge, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Patients Compensation.

Charles Fenner Gay, Jr., New Orleans, Amy Collier Lambert, Baton Rouge, Cristina Romig Wheat, New Orleans, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Ochsner Alton Medical Foundation, Ochsner Clinic.

Susan Elizabeth Henning, New Orleans, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Christian Health.

Peter J. Butler, Peter J. Butler, Jr., Michael Charles Luquet, New Orleans, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Hospital Service Dist. #1 d/b/a West Jefferson Medical Center.

Chris James LeBlanc, Robert L. Roland, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Louisiana Hospital Association.


JOHNSON, Justice.*

Plaintiff, Deborah Batson, brought this action to recover damages for injuries she sustained while hospitalized at South Louisiana Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana. We granted this writ of certiorari to determine whether the Malpractice Liability for State Services Act (MLSSA) prohibits multiple statutory caps for multiple acts of negligence which produce separate and independent...

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