ATKINS v. LOUISIANA MUT. MEDICAL INS. CO.

No. 47,374-CA.

105 So.3d 781 (2012)

Suzanne ATKINS, Brian P. Atkins and James Atkins, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. LOUISIANA MUTUAL MEDICAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Dirk T. Rainwater, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, Kullman, Sterbcow & Abramson by Lawrence S. Kullman , New Orleans, LA, James E. Beal , Jonesboro, LA, for Appellants.

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, LA, by Gordon L. James , Donald H. Zeigler III , for Appellees.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and CARAWAY, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

This is a medical malpractice action against an emergency room physician who treated the decedent for chest pain. Nine hours after his emergency room treatment began in Jonesboro, the decedent died in a Monroe hospital of a heart attack. The plaintiffs appeal the trial court's judgments denying new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict which were filed after a jury determination that the physician's treatment did not fall below the standard of...

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