WRIGHT v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER

No. 45,810-CW.

57 So.3d 382 (2011)

Dewayne Wesley WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Respondent v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Defendant-Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Allison Law Firm, by William T. Allison , for Plaintiff-Respondent.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, LA by Peter T. Dazzio , for Defendant-Applicant, Raghu Nathan, M.D.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quinn & Roberts, Shreveport, LA by Paul M. Adkins , for Defendant-Applicant, Ignatius Tedesco, M.D.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, Monroe, LA by Laura S. Achord , Bruce M. Mintz , for Defendant Applicant, Continental Casualty Company.

Before STEWART, GASKINS, PEATROSS, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.


MOORE, J.

Continental Casualty Company ("CNA") seeks supervisory review of a judgment that denied its motion for summary judgment. For the reasons expressed, we grant the writ and make it peremptory.

Procedural Background

Dewayne Wright, an adult with Down Syndrome, came to the Willis-Knighton emergency room because of severe cramps on November 8, 1998. The emergency physician on duty, Dr. Ignatius Tedesco, evaluated him and admitted him to...

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