LAGASSE v. TENET HEALTH SYSTEM MEMORIAL

No. 2011-CA-0782.

83 So.3d 70 (2011)

Karen LAGASSE, Individually, and on Behalf of her Deceased Mother, Merle Lagasse v. TENET HEALTH SYSTEM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Rene Goux, Roy J. Culotta, Richard Deichmann, and Jane Doe.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Remy Fransen, Jr. , Eric M. Daigle , Fransen & Hardin, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General, Patricia A. Traina , Karen B. Sher , Special Asst. Attorneys General, Berrigan Litchfield Schonekas Mann & Traina LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee/Dr. Roy J. Culotta.

(Court composed of Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART).


DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.

In this appeal, plaintiff avers the trial court erred in sustaining defendant's exception of prematurity. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff, Karen Lagasse, filed suit against Dr. Culotta and Tenet Health System Memorial Medical Center, Inc. ("the Hospital") and others after her mother, Merle Lagasse, died at the Hospital during Hurricane Katrina...

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