The State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit (“Louisiana Appellate Court”), in its decision dated October 28, 2020, reversed summary judgment granted to the defendant pediatric cardiologist in a Louisiana medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff’s medical malpractice… Read More
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Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Negligent Credentialing Claim Falls Under Louisiana’s Medical Malpractice Act
The Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) held in its opinion dated January 29, 2020 that the plaintiff’s “allegations against the hospitals for negligent re-credentialing necessarily fall within the definition of “malpractice” under the LMMA because they constitute an… Read More
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$330.7M Risperdal Verdict In Louisiana Overturned
By its written opinion dated January 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) reversed (overturned) a lower court’s verdict that had awarded civil penalties in the amount of $257,679,500.00, attorney fees in the amount of $70,000,000.00, and costs in the amount of $3,000,200.00… Read More
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Louisiana Medical Malpractice Cap Upheld (Again)
In a decision issued on March 13, 2012, the Supreme Court of Louisiana upheld as constitutional the Louisiana medical malpractice damage cap as applied to nurse practitioners (La.R.S. 40:1299.42(B) provides, in pertinent part: “(1) The total amount recoverable for all malpractice… Read More
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Nursing Medical Malpractice In Louisiana
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,… Read More
