doctor standard in Louisiana

11 Louisiana opinions name it 1 courts 2004–2009 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Louisiana courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (0)

Case	Followed	Cited
No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Louisiana.

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

Case	Negative	Cited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Louisiana. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

Case	Cited	Years
Pfiffner v. Correa green la · 1994 2 sentences 2009Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924 (La.10/17/94), 643 So.2d 1228, 1233 . 2009See LSA-R.S. 9:2794 A; Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, 94-0992, pp. 7-8 (La.10/17/94), 643 So.2d 1228, 1233 .	10	2004–2009
Fagan v. LeBlanc green lactapp · 2006 1 sentence 2008Pfiffner v. Correa, 94-0924, 94-0963, and 94-0992, p. 8 (La.10/17/94), 643 So.2d 1228, 1233 ; Fagan v. LeBlanc, 04-2743, p. 6 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2/10/06), 928 So.2d 571, 575 .	1	2008–2008
Authement v. Shappert Engineering green la · 2003 1 sentence 2005LSA-R.S. 23:1201 F. See also Authement v. Shappert Engineering, 02-1631, p. 8 (La.2/25/03), 840 So.2d 1181, 1186 , where the court concluded in a similar context that failure to authorize medical treatment equates to failure to provide benefits and shall result in the assessment of penalties and reasonable attorney fees under LSA-R.S. 23:1201 F. Windmill's act of ordering Nelson to go home and take a shower combined with its subsequent inaction regarding authorization of medical treatment after she expressed a desire to see a doctor is in violation of these statutes.	1	2005–2005

Statutes the citing opinions construe

LA § La. Rev. Stat. § 9:2794 (10)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

LA 11 (2004–2009) IL 9 (1923–2015) CA 8 (1962–2024) NY 6 (1957–1995) TX 5 (1977–2015) SC 5 (1996–2025) AZ 4 (1960–2010) WA 3 (1968–2000) IN 3 (2003–2014) PA 2 (2016–2016) MO 2 (1944–2005) OR 2 (1905–1990) GA 2 (1927–2006) AL 2 (1976–1985) FL 2 (1992–2006)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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