Watkins v. Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
|TAt issue in this medical malpractice action is the extent to which the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund (“PCF”) continues to be obligated to make advance payments for custodial/attendant care for a medical malpractice victim, after receiving information indicating that such care may no longer be needed, and whether the PCF had the right to unilaterally terminate such payments, without prior court approval, when a judgment was previously rendered ordering it to make said payments.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Dustin P. Watkins suffered an in útero stroke approximately two days before his…
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