Legal Opinion
Hays v. Christus Schumpert Northern Louisiana
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 25, 2006No. 41,271-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Judge.
hThe plaintiffs, William K. Hays and Juanita Louise Hays, appeal a summary judgment rendered in favor of defendants, Christus Schumpert Northern Louisiana d/b/a Christus Schumpert Health System (“Schumpert”) and Deirdre Y. Barfield, M.D. (“Dr. Barfield”). For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
FACTS
On June 14, 1999, Juanita Hays was admitted to Schumpert by her treating physician, Dr. Barfield, with complaints of continued nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abnormal weight loss and weakness. Ms. Hays had been experiencing these symptoms for several…
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