Legal Opinion
Hogue v. Sussmane-Stubbs
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 2001No. 34,340-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
I,WILLIAMS, Judge.
The Louisiana Patients’ Compensation Fund (“PCF”), as intervenor, appeals the trial court’s judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), which increased the jury’s damage awards in favor of the decedent’s surviving spouse and two adult sons. For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTS
On March 22, 1997, Gordon Hogue visited the emergency room at North Monroe Hospital with a complaint of severe chest pain. Hogue was treated by Dr. Randy Sussmane-Stubbs (“Dr.Stubbs”) and released. Hogue was transported to the hospital under full cardiac arrest early in the morning of March 24,…
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