Legal Opinion
Cardwell v. Oaks Care Ctr., LLC
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 13, 2017No. CA 17–420 consolidated with CA 17–421PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONERY, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
In this nursing home malpractice case, defendants, Oaks Care Center, LLC and Plantation Management, LLC, appeal a judgment adopting a jury's verdict in favor of a ninety year old patient with dementia who was injured in a fall from a bedside chair where she had been left unattended by the nursing home staff. The judgment ordered them to pay, in solido , $100,000.00. Also appealing the judgment is the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund and Oversight Board, which was ordered to pay $110,386.75 (the balance of the amount awarded).
For the following reasons,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Youn v. Maritime Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Pfiffner v. CorreaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
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