Legal Opinion
Curry v. Healthsouth North Rehabilitation Hospital-Homer Campus
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 11, 2011No. 46,015-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrew, J.
lain this medical malpractice case in which the defendant hospital admitted liability, Matha Curry appeals the award of general and special damages and the assessment of costs. We reverse that part of the judgment ordering Curry to pay any part of the costs of doctors’ depositions and medical records. In all other respects, the judgment is affirmed.
FACTS
Matha Curry, a resident of Arkansas who was born in 1925, was injured while a patient at Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Homer, Louisiana. Curry, who was suffering from the effects of a stroke that occurred several years earlier, was at…
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