| About Beahm & Green: |
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Firm History: 
Franklin D. Beahm began his practice in 1977 in New Orleans, concentrating on professional negligence defense and health care related operations and transactions. Charles Green joined the firm in 1998, specializing in insurance casualty defense. Beahm & Green has expanded its practice beyond Louisiana, into Texas, Tennessee, Colorado, and Georgia.
Beahm & Green is unique in that it is a boutique firm – similar to a large firm, but without the collateral lawyers and large overhead. This allows us to provide reduced costs to our clients.
Beahm & Green also has the latest technology available in the legal industry and has the staff needed to handle a larger number of cases at any one time.
The Beahm & Green team is able to work in tandem with other professionals and provides an experienced group of attorneys. Our attorneys have a combined 85 years of litigation experience and pride themselves on providing efficient and effective legal services.
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Favret, et al v. Touro Infirmary:
2018 LA.LEXIS 1110, 2017-CA-0464*1 (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana).
The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling in favor of Touro Infirmary in this matter. Plaintiffs’ alleged injuries due to the conditions of the premises of Touro Infirmary on or about August 29, 2005 during and after Hurricane Katrina. Plaintiff was admitted into Touro Infirmary due to chronic lower back infection. Plaintiff claimed his lower back was further injured due to the transportation method employed while he was evacuated out of New Orleans post-Katrina. The transportation claim was dismissed as it fell under the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act and all medical malpractice claims had been previously dismissed by summary judgment in the trial court. The premises liability claims were properly dismissed with the Court of Appeal stating:
a reasonable factual basis exists for the district court’s findings that Touro did not breach its duty to provide reasonably safe premises to Mr. Favret and its determination that Mr. Favret did not prove factual or legal causation between any breach of duty and damages claimed. Id. at *52
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied writ of certiorari, 2018 LA LEXIS 2824, 254 So.3d 2018 (La. 2018).
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Weems v. Touro Infirmary:
No. 2006-06372 (Civil District Court, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; August 9, 2013)
The district court denied Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification for alleged injuries sustained due to unreasonably dangerous conditions on the premises of Touro Infirmary on or about August 29, 2005 during and after Hurricane Katrina. The stated reasons included:
- The class is not so numerous that joinder of all punitive class members is impracticable;
- There are no questions of law or fact common amongst the punitive class members;
- The claims or defenses to named class representatives are not typical of the claims or defenses of the class members;
- The named class representative will not fairly and adequately protect the interest of the class;
- The proposed class is not defined objectively in terms of ascertainable criteria; and,
- Class action procedure is not the superior method of resolving the punitive class members’ claims against Touro Infirmary.
No appeal was taken. After the court’s decision was reached, the named class representative voluntarily dismissed her underlying tort claim.
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Butler v. Flint Goodrich Hosp. of Dillard University:
607 So.2d 517 (La. 1992). The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Louisiana's $500,000.00 cap on general damages, including the $100,000.00 cap to the physician in a medical malpractice suit. Franklin D. Beahm represented the anesthesiologist.
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Smithson v. Tenet Health Sys. Hosps., Inc.:
No. 07-3953 (E.D. La. Oct. 10, 2008). Hospital did not violate Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) - jury verdict. Franklin D. Beahm and Jacob K. Best represented the hospital.
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Sharkey v. Sterling Drug, Inc., :
600 So. 2d 701, 711 (La.App. Ct. 1992).
Plaintiff’s alleged pharmacist should not have recommended aspirin for child with flu-like symptoms. First Reye’s syndrome case to go to trial in United States. Verdict in favor of defendant pharmacist dismissing the claim and verdict in favor of plaintiffs against Sterling Drug for damages. Franklin D. Beahm represented the pharmacist.
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Gaynelle Flora, et al v. Anthony V. LaNasa, M.D. :
(August 2010) Plaintiff sued physician alleging failure to timely admit plaintiff to hospital, resulting in partial foot amputation. Judge ruled in favor of physician, holding that the physician's treatment of the plaintiff met the applicable standard of care for family practitioners. Franklin D. Beahm and A. Rebecca Wilmore represented the physician.
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