Louisiana Panel: Care Home Didn’t Show Malpractice As Basis For Negligence Claim

Mealey's (June 9, 2022, 5:45 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — A divided Louisiana appellate court on May 11 reversed and remanded a trial court judgment sustaining a nursing home’s exception on prematurity grounds, finding that the nursing home did not show that the negligence alleged by the children of a deceased former nursing home resident who died after sustaining burns while smoking in bed “sounded in medical malpractice” under the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act (MMA)....