Legal Opinion

Thibodeaux v. Lafayette General Surgical Hospital, LLC

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 5, 2010No. 09-1523PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAUNDERS, Judge.

|, This is a medical malpractice case wherein the plaintiffs, wife and husband, brought their claims against a hospital. The wife underwent an initial surgery, had complications, then underwent a second surgery on the same day to attempt to alleviate those complications. The plaintiffs claim that they suffered damages from a jarring transfer of the wife from the surgical table to a gurney following her initial surgery and that the recovery room nursing staffs delay in notifying the surgeon of complications in the wife’s initial surgery led her to have permanent Complex…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. State Through Dept. HHRSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  2. Hunt v. Bogalusa Community Medical CenterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  3. Covington v. McNeese, 2009-0069 (La. 3/6/09)Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
  4. Covington v. McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITYLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Guilbeau v. DominguesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
  2. Hunter v. Lafayette Consolidated GovernmentLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  3. Broussard v. Retail Investors of Texas, Ltd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
  4. Davis v. Country Living Mobile Homes, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  5. Mistich v. WeeksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012

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