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GORDON v. POINTE COUPEE HEALTH SERVICE

No. 2009 CA 2202.

47 So.3d 565 (2010)

Edna GORDON, Lillie Davis, Arthur Laneheart, Mary Williams, John B. Williams, Robert Williams, Lester Williams, Ernest Laneheart, Helen Williams, and Patrice Dixon, Kevin Dixon, and Benny Ray Dixon, on behalf of their Deceased Mother, Patricia Dixon, and Ann Lacey, Kathleen Hollins, Arlene Scott, Carolyn Dixon, Idella Dixon, Gloria Johnson, Rufus Dixon Jr., and Michael Dixon, on behalf of their Deceased Mother, Pearl Dixon, the children and representatives of the Deceased Children of Helen Williams v. POINTE COUPEE HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT ONE d/b/a Pointe Coupee General Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

August 11, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Plaisance , Baker, LA, Keelus Miles , Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Edna Gordon et al.

Adrien G. Busekist , Kevin P. Riché , Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Pointe Coupee Health Service District One d/b/a Pointe Coupee General Hospital.

Before CARTER, C.J., GUIDRY, and PETTIGREW, JJ.

PETTIGREW, J.

In this survival and wrongful death action plaintiffs contend their decedent, while a patient at the defendant hospital, died following an evacuation of said hospital and eventual transfer to another facility. Plaintiffs further contend decedent, an oxygen recipient, allegedly died due to the hospital's negligent failure to properly provide oxygen during and following the evacuation of its facility. The hospital, a qualified health care provider, responded...

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