Ferguson v. Progressive Acute Care Avoyelles, LLC

GREMILLION, Judge.

Defendant, Dr. Christopher L. Ritter, seeks supervisory writs from the trial court's denial of his motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, we grant the writ and render summary judgment in favor of Dr. Ritter.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This medical malpractice suit arises from the treatment provided to Joseph Ferguson (Ferguson) by Dr. Ritter, an emergency room (ER) physician, on June 29, 2014, when Ferguson presented at the Avoyelles Hospital ER complaining of weakness and pain in his right lower extremity and a history of diabetes, morbid obesity, and…