David Pitts Jr. and Kenyetta Gurley v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company and Rhoda Renee Jones, M.D.

FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #017 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 15th day of March, 2017, are as follows: BY JOHNSON, C.J.: 2016-C-1232 DAVID PITTS JR. AND KENYETTA GURLEY v. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND RHODA RENEE JONES, M.D. (Parish of Tangipahoa) For the above reasons, we affirm the ruling of the court of appeal setting aside the district court's grant of the JNOV. However, we reverse the ruling of the court of appeal relative to the new trial and we reinstate the district court's grant of the plaintiffs' motion for…