Hoston v. Richland Parish Hospital Service District 1-B

| -| Adult children of the deceased, Cleveland Coward (“Coward”), filed suit against *238a hospital, Richardson Medical Center (“RMC”), and later amended to include the treating emergency room physician, Dr. David Lifshutz (“Dr. Lifshutz”), alleging negligence and medical malpractice when their father died after being treated for several blows to the head with a steel pipe received during a fight. The plaintiffs, Letitia Hoston, et al. (“Hoston”), appeal from a partial summary judgment in favor of RMC which dismissed the negligence claims against the hospital but excepted any potential vicarious…