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CURTIS v. COLUMBIA DOCTORS' HOSP.

No. CA 03-916.

862 So.2d 1125 (2003)

Allean CURTIS v. COLUMBIA DOCTORS' HOSPITAL OF OPELOUSAS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Winfield Stagg, Daniel C. Palmintier, Durio, McGoffin & Stagg, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Doctors Hospital of Opelousas.

Guy O. Mitchell, III, Ville Platte, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Allean Curtis.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, MARC T. AMY, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.

AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff filed suit against the defendant hospital alleging that she fell from a bed at the facility following total knee replacement surgery. She sought damages associated with the complications and surgeries subsequent to the fall. Following a bench trial, the trial court concluded that the plaintiff failed to prove that the fall resulted from negligent care by the hospital. The plaintiff appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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