Beilenson v. Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 2

I «THOMAS F. DALEY, Judge.

The defendant, East Jefferson General Hospital, has appealed the trial court’s judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Ronald and Stuart Beilenson. For the reasons that follow we affirm.

FACTS:

The plaintiffs’ 65 year old mother, Lois Ostrolenk, presented to the emergency room at East Jefferson General Hospital at 7:40 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 1997 with complaints of abdominal pain and nausea that had begun the previous day. She was examined by the emergency room physician, Dr. Terry Creel, and a call was placed to her primary care physician, Dr. Lawrence Levy. Blood…