Atkins v. Louisiana Mutual Medical Insurance Co.

|! This is a medical malpractice action against an emergency room physician who treated the decedent for chest pain. Nine hours after his emergency room treatment began in Jonesboro, the decedent died in a Monroe hospital of a heart attack. The plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s judgments denying new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict which were filed after a jury determination that the physician’s treatment did not fall below the standard of care. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Facts

On the afternoon of March 7, 2006, Glen Atkins suffered a sudden onset of chest pain while…