JACKSON v. BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS

No. 42,890-CA.

974 So.2d 187 (2008)

Debra JACKSON and Billy Ray McMahon, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, The State of Louisiana through The Louisiana Health Care Authority or Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, and Celeste Hollands, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick Hennessy, Patrick A. Stegall, Shreveport, for Appellants.

Ernest Paul Gieger, Jr., Rachel G. Webre, New Orleans, for Appellee, Bard Access Systems.

Jerald Lee Perlman, Baton Rouge, for Appellees, State of Louisiana, Health Care Authority; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport; and Celeste Hollands, M.D.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, and LOLLEY, JJ.


BROWN, Chief Judge.

This product liability and medical malpractice action was filed by the parents of Braimian McMahon, who was born at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center ("LSUHSC") in Shreveport on January 14, 1999, and died December 18, 1999. Because his gestational age was 26 weeks and he weighed 922 grams at birth, Braimian was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit where he remained for 158 days. His initial diagnoses were, but not limited...

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