Legal Opinion
Heitman v. Christus Health Central
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 3, 2010No. 10-458PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SAUNDERS, Judge.
11 Herein, we address whether the trial court erred in allowing Courtney Robinson, an out-of-state pediatric nurse practitioner, to testify as an expert witness at trial in this medical malpractice case. For the following reasons, we find that it did not err.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:
On December 25, 2004, Callie Heitman (Callie), an infant, was admitted to Chris-tus St. Francis Cabrini Hospital (Cabrini) after experiencing a syncopal episode (fainting) at home. She was diagnosed as suffering from a severe case of anemia (iron deficiency).
Callie was initially treated in the…
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