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HODGES v. BOSSIER MED. CENTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

Nos. 33,461-CW, 33,472-CW.

764 So.2d 245 (2000)

Christina HODGES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BOSSIER MEDICAL CENTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, et al., Defendants-Applicants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by S. Price Barker, G. Brian Baker, Shreveport, Counsel for Applicant Bossier Medical Center.

The Juneau Firm by Thomas R. Juneau, Michael A. Juneau, Karen B. Levy, Lafayette, Counsel for Applicant F.A. Richard & Associates, Inc.

Jack M. Bailey, Jr., J. Allen Cooper, Jr., J. Chris Miciotto, Shreveport, Counsel For Respondent.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.

GASKINS, J.

These consolidated writ applications question whether an employee with a work-related injury may sue her employer and its administrator of workers' compensation claims in tort when their delay in approving surgery allegedly caused a significant worsening of the employee's medical condition. For the reasons assigned below, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and grant the defendants' exceptions of no cause of action. Accordingly, the defendants...

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