Legal Opinion
Gayden v. Tenet Healthsystem Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 15, 2004No. 2004-CA-0807PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JjMICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.
The- appellants, the surviving relatives of Leo Edwards (Edwards), filed a Petition for Damages against Tenet Healthsystem Memorial Medical Center, Inc., d/b/a Memorial Medical Center (Memorial). The trial court granted an Exception of Prematurity in favor of Memorial based on the appellants’ failure to convene a medical review panel. For the reasons assigned, we reverse and remand.
STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:
On October 6, 2002, Edwards was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital. He passed away shortly thereafter with the cause of death being cardio…
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