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WATKINS v. LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 12-1320.

114 So.3d 503 (2013)

Tina Lynette WATKINS, et al. v. LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie A. Cordell , R. Ray Orrill, Jr. , W. Christopher Beary , Orrill, Cordell & Beary, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Tina Lynette Watkins, Individually and on Behalf of Her Child, Dustin Watkins.

Nadia Marie de la Houssaye , Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor/Appellant, Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JAMES T. GENOVESE, and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.

CONERY, Judge.

Was the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund (PCF) in this particular case required to obtain a judicial ruling modifying the district court judgment prior to discontinuing payments for future medical care and related benefits that the PCF has determined are no longer necessary or actually rendered? The trial court held that it was so required, and, under the limited circumstances of this particular case, we agree.

The PCF also appeals the...

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