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Louisiana Appellate Court Discusses Legal Malpractice Case Arising Out Of Medical Malpractice Settlement

July 18, 2018

The May 30, 2018 opinion of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal State of Louisiana (“Louisiana Appelate Court”) discussed the convoluted history of a legal malpractice case arising out of a Louisiana medical malpractice case that should serve as a warning to all medical malpractice lawyers[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Reverses Itself, Revives Medical Malpractice Case

May 16, 2018

The State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit (“Louisiana Appellate Court”), in its May 2, 2018 opinion, reversed its previous opinion and thereby revived a Louisiana medical malpractice lawsuit, finding that the trial court had erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant

January 21, 2018

The State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit (“Louisiana Appellate Court”) earlier this month affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment to the defendant emergency room physician in a Louisiana medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff had failed to pr[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Corrects Medical Malpractice Jury’s Inconsistent Verdict In Loss Of Chance At Better Outcome Case

July 12, 2017

In its judgment filed on June 28, 2017, the Court of Appeal Second Circuit State of Louisiana (“Louisiana Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) in a Louisiana medical malpractice case in which the jury found that the defend[...]

Louisiana Supreme Court Says Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion In Granting New Trial To Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

March 31, 2017

In its opinion filed on March 15, 2017, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) affirmed the trial court’s granting a new trial to the Louisiana medical malpractice plaintiffs after the jury had rendered a defense verdict, finding that the trial court had not a[...]

$8M Louisiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Death Due To Swine Flu

February 17, 2015

In late January 2015, a Louisiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $8 million in favor of the mother of an 8-year-old child who was infected with the H1N1 virus (also known as the swine flu) that was misdiagnosed and mistreated by her pediatricians, leading to her dea[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Loss Of Chance Of Better Outcome Case

December 2, 2014

On November 25, 2014, the Louisiana Court of Appeal Fifth Circuit (“Appellate Court”) issued its opinion in a Louisiana medical malpractice case that reversed a defense verdict, finding that the plaintiff had proved by a preponderance of the evidence that he had a chance of a better m[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ER Misdiagnosis Led to Death

August 21, 2014

On June 23, 2014, a Louisiana mother filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a local hospital and two physicians, alleging that the misdiagnosis of her daughter led to her untimely death. The plaintiff seeks in her wrongful death lawsuit unspecified compensatory damages that include funeral expe[...]

Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Bad Treatment Requiring Further Surgery

May 5, 2014

A Louisiana man has filed a dental malpractice lawsuit against his former dentist and the dentist’s employer, alleging dental negligence by the dentist who performed an unnecessary dental procedure using an improper technique, failing to obtain the patient’s informed consent, and failin[...]

Nursing Medical Malpractice In Louisiana

December 19, 2011

Louisiana’s Nursing Standard Of Care Nurses as well as other health care providers in Louisiana are subject to the same standard of care as physicians in Louisiana — a nurse is required to exercise the degree of skill ordinarily employed, under similar circumstances, by the members of th[...]

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