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LATIGUE v. CHRISTUS ST. PATRICK HOSP.

No. 03-871.

861 So.2d 898 (2003)

Myrtle K. LATIGUE v. CHRISTUS ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 17, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Thomas Jacques, Jr., Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee, Myrtle K. Latigue.

Todd Michael Ammons, Stockwell, Sievert, Vicellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant, Christus St. Patrick Hospital.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.

THIBODEAUX, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, the claimant, Ms. Myrtle K. Latigue (Ms. Latigue), claims that the defendant, Christus St. Patrick Hospital (St. Patrick), failed to authorize a neuropsychological examination. St. Patrick denied the referral for the examination because the claimant (1) had not chosen the psychologist and (2) was not diagnosed with a mental injury or illness by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist. The workers' compensation...

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