Legal Opinion
Berthelot v. Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 2, 2007No. 2007 CA 0112PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarter, C.J.
I ¡/This appeal involves numerous requests/complaints filed with the Louisiana Patients’ Compensation Fund Oversight Board (the PCF) raising issues of negligent care and failure to evacuate at several hospitals and a nursing home in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.1 In response to each medical review panel request involved in this case, the PCF notified the complainants that the allegations con*969tained in their individual requests/complaints were not within the scope of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act (LMMA), and therefore, the PCF refused to initiate the medical review panel process. In…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cochran v. Pelican Well Tool & Supply Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- Coleman v. DenoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
- LaCoste v. Pendleton Methodist Hosp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
- Felix v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Williams on Behalf of Williams v. KushnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re ElliottLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008
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- In re Medical Review Proceedings of DeBramLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
- Skinner-Smith v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2019