Gleason v. Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals

hln this medical malpractice action arising from the death of a 47-year-old severely mentally challenged man, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant developmental care facility due to the lack of expert medical evidence that defendant breached the standard of care. The plaintiffs claim that the defendant was negligent in its supervision, allowing its patient to swallow a foreign object which caused a severe bowel obstruction. Plaintiffs further claim that defendant’s medical treatment for its patient’s bowel obstruction amounted to malpractice. Finding that…