Robinette v. Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family

JUDGE SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS

| ,This is an appeal of a June 9, 2015 judgment by the trial court rendered after a $1,375,000.00 jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs/appellees, Joachim ' Robinetté, Louis Robinette and Michael Robinette (collectively, the “Robinettes”); and against defendant/appellant, Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family (“Lafon”), in a wrongful death and survival action arising from the death of appellees’ mother, Frances Robinette, who was a resident of Lafon’s nursing facility in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005.

For the reasons that follow, we…