MIMS v. LIFECARE HOSPITALS, LLC

No. 43,770-CA.

1 So.3d 660 (2008)

Bennie MIMS on Behalf of the Unopened SUCCESSION OF Howard MIMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIFECARE HOSPITALS, LLC, d/b/a Lifecare Hospitals, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Miciotto Shreveport, Steven Dennis Carby, for Appellant.

Lunn, Irion, Salley, Carlisle & Gardner by James B. Gardner, Shreveport, for Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

On November 26, 2007, Bennie Mims, on behalf of his father, Howard Mims, filed a request for a medical review panel. He asserted that Howard Mims was a patient at Lifecare Hospital beginning on October 16, 2000, and that the failure of Lifecare to properly care for Howard Mims led to the development of a bedsore on his lower right back. He further asserted that the bedsore became infected, developed into a Stage IV bedsore, and resulted in Howard Mims's death...

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