McGregor v. Hospice Care of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, L.L.C.

| sIn this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs, Robert McGregor and Ruth McGregor, appeal from two trial court judgments granting summary judgment in favor of Dr. Gerald Miletello, Dr. Georgia Reine, and Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Donald McGregor, father and husband of the plaintiffs, had terminal metastatic prostate cancer. He was treated for this disease by Dr. Miletello, an oncologist, from 1997 through his death on July 21, 2002. On April 30, 2002, Donald enrolled as a patient of Hospice of…