Legal Opinion
Wyatt v. Williams
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 1996No. 28092-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
| jCLARK, Judge Pro Tem.
Ferris Meyers Wyatt appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of Dr. Randolph L. Williams, the Winn Parish Coroner, in this action to compel the coroner to change the cause of death appearing on Lisa Meyers’, plaintiffs daughter, death certificate. Because genuine issues of material fact exist, the summary judgment is reversed and this matter is remanded for further proceedings.
FACTS
Lisa Meyers died on October 24, 1990. On October 27, 1990, Coroner Williams and Dr. P.G. Grodman, a Monroe pathologist, issued a press release referring to the death as a homicide caused…
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