Legal Opinion
Evans v. Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 25, 2004No. Nos. 2002-CA-0538, 2002-CA-1486, 2002-CA-1809, 2003-CA-0187PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.
All of these cases involve physicians who had placed a deposit of $125,000.00 with the Louisiana Patients’ Compensation Fund (“PCF”) as proof of financial responsibility. By doing so they were classified as “self-insured” under the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act for the first $100,000.00 of potential liability to a claimant. In three of the cases,1 all involving Dr. Henry Evans, upon receiving notice of the claim, the PCF had notified the claimants that the physician was qualified for the PCF coverage. However, during the pendency of those claims, the physician’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Anderson v. IchinoseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
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