Legal Opinion
Holland v. Lincoln General Hospital
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 19, 2010No. 2010-CC-0038, 2010-CC-0047PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, J. *
_[¡This writ concerns a venue dispute in a medical malpractice action. Mar’Kirney Holland, a four-year-old girl with chronic health problems, received allegedly negligent medical care in Lincoln Parish on June 14 and 15, 2004. She died in Orleans Parish on June 16, 2004, after being rushed to Tulane Hospital for emergency treatment. We are called upon to determine whether Lincoln Parish or Orleans Parish is the proper venue for the wrongful death and survival actions arising out of Mar’Kirney’s tragic and untimely death. For the following reasons, we find the trial court erred in…
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