GUILBEAU v. BAYOU CHATEAU NURSING CENTER

No. 2005-1131.

930 So.2d 1167 (2006)

Robert Neil GUILBEAU, et al. v. BAYOU CHATEAU NURSING CENTER, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorsey C. Martin, III, Atkinson & Martin, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Robert Neil Guilbeau, Bernice Guilbeau Kimball, Charlene Guilbeau Wilkinson, Earl James Guilbeau.

Milo A. Nickel, Jr., The Nickel Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Louisiana Patients Compensation Fund.

Gregory Engelsman, Bolen, Parker & Brenner, Alexandria, LA, for Secondary Defendant/Appellant, Bayou Chateau Nursing Center.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, MARC T. AMY, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiffs filed suit against the defendant nursing home, seeking damages stemming from fall-related injuries sustained by their mother, a patient at the facility. She died approximately two months after the fall. Pursuant to stipulations as to liability for the fall, the trial court awarded damages on the plaintiffs' survival action, damages related to loss of chance of survival and acceleration of death, medical expenses, and attorney's fees. The...

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