Legal Opinion

Hutchinson v. Patel

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 23, 1994No. 93-C-2156PublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

637 So.2d 415 (1994)

Nelita M. HUTCHINSON

v.

Navin P. PATEL, M.D., et al.

No. 93-C-2156.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 23, 1994.

Donald T.W. Phelps, Jay B. Mitchell, Daniel A. Reed, A. Edward Hardin, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Richard M. Upton, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

Jane E. Booth, Metairie, for amicus curiae Louisiana Psychiatric Ass'n, Louisiana State Medical Soc.

KIMBALL, Justice.[*]

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act[1] governs a plaintiff's claim against a hospital and a psychiatrist for their alleged failure to warn or take…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Tarasoff v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Segura v. FrankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  3. Touchard v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. Everett v. GoldmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  5. Sibley v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Louisiana State UniversitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985

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3Cited by83 opinions

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  3. Coleman v. DenoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
  4. In Re Succession of BoyterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  5. Miller v. LammicoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008

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