VERNON v. E.A. CONWAY HOSP.

Nos. 33,105-CA, 33,220-CA.

756 So.2d 1249 (2000)

Joyce Evelyn VERNON, Individually and on Behalf of Minor Child, Ashley Jecorey Vernon, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. E.A. CONWAY HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant. Rose A. Babers, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Child, Laquintus Babers, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied June 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Hammons & Self by John L. Hammons, Cornell R. Flournoy, Shreveport, Counsel for Joyce E. Vernon and Rose A. Babers.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, John O. Hayter, III, Kenneth P. Haines, Special Assistant Attorneys General, Counsel for E.A. Conway Hospital and Louisiana State University Medical Center.

Before WILLIAMS, GASKINS and DREW, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

These consolidated cases present the same basic issue: whether blood transfusions in a state hospital were covered by the Medical Liability for State Services Act (MLSSA), La. R.S. 40:1299.39, et seq, and thus required submission to a medical review panel before the filing of suit in a state district court. However, the trial courts in these cases resolved the issue differently. In # 33,105-CA, a district...

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