Legal Opinion
Flemings v. State
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 26, 2009No. 2007-CA-1290PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
1jWhile a patient at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO), Tyrone Flemings was injured by the fault of his nurses, whose liability was stipulated. Following a trial by jury, the court entered a judgment in favor of Mr. Flem-ings for $530,000.00. MCLNO has filed a suspensive appeal from the judgment and Mr. Flemings has timely answered the appeal, seeking damages for a frivolous appeal. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the trial court’s judgment and deny damages for frivolous appeal.
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Mr. Flemings instituted medical review panel proceedings against…
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