Wright v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center

| ^Continental Casualty Company (“CNA”) seeks supervisory review of a judgment that denied its motion for summary judgment. For the reasons expressed, we grant the writ and make it peremptory.

Procedural Background

Dewayne Wright, an adult with Down Syndrome, came to the Willis-Knighton emergency room because of severe cramps on November 8, 1998. The emergency physician on duty, Dr. Ignatius Tedesco, evaluated him and admitted him to the hospital, where he later experienced a coma, insulin shock and CVA (stroke).

On November 5, 1999, Wright’s mother filed a complaint with the Patient…