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hospital records exception in Louisiana

7 Louisiana opinions name it 2 courts 1978–2013 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 (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Pieters v. B-Right Trucking, Inc.green
innd · 1987 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995The plaintiff in Pieters v. B-Right Trucking, Inc., 669 F.Supp. 1463, 1465 (N.D.Ind.1987), argued that the defendant must show chain of custody before the hospital record can be admitted under 803(6).

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Commonwealth v. Kravontkagreen
pa · 1989 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
2 sentences

1995See also McCall v. Parker, 177 Ga.App. 774 , 341 S.E.2d 303, 304 (1986) ("lab report was certified as true and correct copy of medical records and therefore it was not necessary to lay a foundation for its admission by offering the testimony of the medical personnel who performed the various tests"); Commonwealth v. Kravontka, 384 Pa.Super. 346 , 558 A.2d 865, 867 (1989) (Blood alcohol test results "were admissible under the hospital records exception ... since a blood-alcohol test is basic and routine, it is highly reliable and thus rises beyond a mere opinion or conclusion to the level of me

1995See also McCall v. Parker, 177 Ga.App. 774 , 341 S.E.2d 303, 304 (1986) ("lab report was certified as true and correct copy of medical records and therefore it was not necessary to lay a foundation for its admission by offering the testimony of the medical personnel who performed the various tests"); Commonwealth v. Kravontka, 384 Pa.Super. 346 , 558 A.2d 865, 867 (1989) (Blood alcohol test results "were admissible under the hospital records exception ... since a blood-alcohol test is basic and routine, it is highly reliable and thus rises beyond a mere opinion or conclusion to the level of me

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McCall v. Parkergreen
gactapp · 1986 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
2 sentences

1995See also McCall v. Parker, 177 Ga.App. 774 , 341 S.E.2d 303, 304 (1986) ("lab report was certified as true and correct copy of medical records and therefore it was not necessary to lay a foundation for its admission by offering the testimony of the medical personnel who performed the various tests"); Commonwealth v. Kravontka, 384 Pa.Super. 346 , 558 A.2d 865, 867 (1989) (Blood alcohol test results "were admissible under the hospital records exception ... since a blood-alcohol test is basic and routine, it is highly reliable and thus rises beyond a mere opinion or conclusion to the level of me

1995See also McCall v. Parker, 177 Ga.App. 774 , 341 S.E.2d 303, 304 (1986) ("lab report was certified as true and correct copy of medical records and therefore it was not necessary to lay a foundation for its admission by offering the testimony of the medical personnel who performed the various tests"); Commonwealth v. Kravontka, 384 Pa.Super. 346 , 558 A.2d 865, 867 (1989) (Blood alcohol test results "were admissible under the hospital records exception ... since a blood-alcohol test is basic and routine, it is highly reliable and thus rises beyond a mere opinion or conclusion to the level of me

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State v. Wientjesgreen
la · 1976 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1988–1988
1 sentence

1988See State v. Wientjes, 341 So.2d 390 (La.1976).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Juniors green
la · 2005
1 sentence

2013State v. Juniors, 03-2425 (La.6/29/05), 915 So.2d 291 .

12013–2013
Judd v. State, Dept. of Transp. and Development green
la · 1995
1 sentence

2005Judd , 95-1052 at 3, 663 So.2d at 693 .

12005–2005
State v. McElroy green
la · 1989
1 sentence

1991The defendant relies on State v. McElroy, supra. McElroy stated that the hospital records exception of the hearsay rule, La.R.S. 13:3714, does not override the statutory physician-patient privilege recognized in La.R.S. 15:476.

11991–1991
State v. Trahan green
la · 1976
1 sentence

1985The Supreme Court in State v. Trahan, 332 So.2d 218 (La.1976), held that, because the medical records rule is a statutory exception to the hearsay rule, it is essential that all of the formalities prescribed in the statute be followed before such records are admissible in evidence.

11985–1985
State v. Williams green
la · 1977
1 sentence

1978State v. Williams, 346 So.2d 181 (La.1977); State v. Trahan, 332 So.2d 318 (La.1976).

11978–1978

Statutes the citing opinions construe

LA § La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3714 (6) LA § La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3715.1 (3)

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 7 (1978–2013) PA 3 (1986–1989) NY 2 (1982–2000)

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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