COOK v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOS. SERVICE DIST.

No. 04-CA-17.

876 So.2d 173 (2004)

Estelle W. COOK, Individually and Lorraine Cook Denina, Sheron Cook Bayard and Kim Cook Leger on Behalf of Estelle W. Cook v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 2 d/b/a East Jefferson General Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Bruno, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., Jacqueline Blankenship, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, Maxwell & McDaniel, Metairie, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.


CLARENCE E. McMANUS, Judge.

At issue in this medical malpractice case is whether the trial court erred in finding that the nursing staff breached the applicable standard of care by not creating a "Falls Care Plan" since documentation of this plan could not be found in the patient's record. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court's judgment concluding the requisite standard of care was breached in this case, but amend the judgment to delete the special...

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