SWILLIE v. ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER

No. 45,543-CA.

48 So.3d 317 (2010)

Daniel SWILLIE, Sandra Swillie, Yolanda Camper and Shirlet Pete, Individually and on Behalf of Myrtis Swillie, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellants v. ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER (and its Subsidiary St. Francis Ambulatory Services, Inc.), St. Francis Specialty Hospital, Charles Morgan, M.D., and Emile Barrow, St. Francis Ambulatory Services, Inc., St. Francis Med. Center, Defendant-Defendants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Fewell, Jr. , for Appellants.

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, Monroe, LA, by Deidre C. McGlinchey , Leah D. Sumrall , for Appellees.

Before BROWN, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.


MOORE, J.

The surviving spouse and major children of Myrtis Swillie filed a survival and wrongful death action against St. Francis Specialty Hospital ("SFSH") and other defendants, alleging that they breached the standard of medical care which resulted in the death of the decedent. The claim against SFSH was dismissed by summary judgment. Plaintiffs appealed; we affirm.

FACTS

Mrs. Swillie, age 69, died on April 11, 2004, while undergoing medical...

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