WELLS v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 46,428-CA.

72 So.3d 910 (2011)

Leila WELLS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, Madison Parish Law Enforcement District, Charles R. Harmon, Jr. (Sued in Official Capacity) and E.A. Conway Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Bruscato , Monroe, LA, Raymond Lee Cannon , Tallulah, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James D. "Buddy" CALDWELL , Attorney General, Laurel I. White , Assistant Attorney General, for Defendant-Appellee Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.

Usry, Weeks & Matthews, New Orleans, LA, by John Franklin Weeks, II , Freeman Matthews , for Defendant-Appellee Madison Parish Law Enforcement District and Charles R. Harmon, Jr.

David Verlander, III , Monroe, LA, for Defendant-Appellee E.A. Conway Medical Center.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and MOORE, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

The plaintiff, Leila Wells, mother of the decedent, Kerry Scarborough, appeals from a trial court judgment and jury verdict finding that the defendants, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("DPSC"); the Madison Parish Law Enforcement District; Charles R. Harmon, Jr., former sheriff of Madison Parish; and E.A. Conway Medical Center ("Conway"), did not fail to render reasonable and adequate medical care to the decedent. For the following...

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