Legal Opinion
Broussard v. St. Edward Mercy Health System, Inc.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 19, 2012No. 11-561PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.
| jTeresa L. Broussard appeals a decision of the Sebastian County Circuit Court entering summary judgment in favor of St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Michael Coleman, Jr., and Dr. Stephen Sef-fense. Broussard asserts that the trial court erred in finding Arkansas Code Annotated section 16-114-206 (Repl.2006) constitutional. More specifically, Brous-sard argues that the requirement in section 16-114-206(a) that proof in medical-malpractice cases must be made by expert testimony by “medical care providers of the same specialty as the defendant” violates section 3…
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