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BROOKS v. CHRISTUS HEALTH SOUTHWESTERN LA.

No. 2006-1497.

954 So.2d 393 (2007)

Kenyetta M. BROOKS, et al. v. CHRISTUS HEALTH SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA d/b/a Christus St. Patrick Hospital of Lake Charles, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Broussard, Jr., Broussard, Bolton, Halcomb & Vizzier, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Benjamin J. Guilbeau, Jr., Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, LLP, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.

PAINTER, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, Plaintiffs, Kenyetta M. Brooks and Derrick D. Brooks, appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant, Christus Health Southwestern Louisiana d/b/a Christus St. Patrick Hospital of Lake Charles (St. Patrick Hospital). The res nova issue presented by this appeal is whether or not a hospital has a duty to perform an autopsy.

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