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BELLARD v. WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER

No. 34,360-CA.

786 So.2d 218 (2001)

Mary Marcantel BELLARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Hammons & Self, By John L. Hammons, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellants.

Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd & Cromwell, By Lawrence W. Pettiette, Jr., Joe Woodley, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, STEWART, GASKINS and DREW, JJ.

GASKINS, J.

The plaintiffs, Mary Marcantel Bellard, Frances Marcantel, and Loretta Marcantel Plemons, filed a medical malpractice action against Willis Knighton Medical Center (WKMC), contending that an emergency room nurse breached the applicable standard of care in having security remove their paranoid and psychotic brother, Simon Marcantel, instead of notifying the emergency room doctor and detaining the patient for treatment. Several hours after he left the hospital...

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