Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes

La. Rev. Stat. § 9:2792 (2026)

Limitation of liability of member, director, trustee or officer of any public, charitable or nonprofit hospital, institution or organization

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§2792. Limitation of liability of member, director, trustee or officer of any public, charitable or nonprofit hospital, institution or organization

           A person serving with or without compensation as a member, director, trustee or officer of any public, charitable or nonprofit hospital, institution or organization shall not be individually liable to any person, firm or entity, public or private, receiving benefits from the hospital, institution or organization for any act or omission to act by any employee or other officer of such public, charitable or nonprofit hospital, institution or organization.

           Acts 1972, No. 375, §1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1977–2009 · leading case: Johnson v. Morehouse Gen. Hosp., 27 So. 3d 1085 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
Johnson v. Morehouse Gen. Hosp., 27 So. 3d 1085 (La. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “R.S. 9:2792 D(1). Since Dr. Hardin clearly failed to meet the criteria set forth in paragraph (a) of La.”
Ardoin v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co., 350 So. 2d 205 (La. Ct. App. 1977). “LSA-R.S. 9:2792, 2793 and 2794; LSA-R.S. 40:1299.”
Reed v. St. Charles Gen. Hosp., 602 So. 2d 784 (La. Ct. App. 1992). “The trial court erred because Board members have no liability for an act or omission by the Blood Center under LSA-R.S. 9:2792. That judgment is reversed.”
Salaiman v. Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc., 835 So. 2d 823 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “R.S. 9:2792 (a director, trustee of any public, charitable or nonprofit hospital "shall not be individually liable to any person" that receives benefits from the hospital for any act or omission to act by any employee of the hospital); La.”
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