PITRE v. MARINO

No. 13-CA-711.

135 So.3d 1187 (2014)

Curtis PITRE v. Richard MARINO, M.D., Jose Olivia, M.D. and Lakeside Hospital Medical Staff Association d/b/a Lakeside Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darleen M. Jacobs , Al A. Sarrat, Jr. , Melvin J. Burmaster , Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Conrad Meyer , Patrick R. Follette , Attorneys at Law, Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges MARC E. JOHNSON, ROBERT A. CHAISSON, and ROBERT M. MURPHY.


ROBERT A. CHAISSON, Judge.

The Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund and its Oversight Board (PCF) appeal from a summary judgment in this medical malpractice case in favor of Curtis Pitre, the surviving spouse of Danielle Pitre, who died during a C-Section birth procedure. For the following reasons, we vacate that judgment and remand the matter to the district court for further proceedings.

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