Legal Opinion
Bridgers v. Southwest Louisiana Hospital Ass'n
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 7, 2001No. 01-0534PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
|, GREMILLION, Judge.
The defendant, the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund (PCF), seeks a supervisory writ on the trial court’s denial of its exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the following reasons, we deny the writ.
*1254FACTS
The plaintiffs, Fay and James Bridgers, were awarded damages in a medical malpractice case in which a jury found Fay was deprived of a seventy-five percent chance of recovery from Guillian-Barre syndrome due to malpractice committed by Dr. Donald Vines. In addition to general damages and past medical expenses, Fay was awarded $2,693,835 in future…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kelty v. BrumfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Bijou v. Alton Ochsner Medical Found.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Pamela Sharonette Bartee, Individually and as Tutrix and Administratrix of the Estate of Her Minor Child, Jamie Denise Bartee v. Children's Clinic of Southwest Louisiana, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
- Tina Lynette Watkins, Indiv. v. Dr. Richard Barry, Louisiana Patients' Compensation FundLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013