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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. 11-561
| TERESA L. BROUSSARD
APPELLANT
V. ST. EDWARD MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. d/b/a ST. EDWARD MERCY MEDICAL CENTER SISTERS OF MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM, ST. LOUIS, INC.; DR. STEPHEN SEFFENSE; DR. MICHAEL COLEMAN, JR.; MARY BREWER; TONY MCCLORY; GAYLA PATTERSON; JIM SELF; JANE DOES NOS. 1-5; and JOHN DOES NOS. 1-5
APPELLEES
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Opinion Delivered: January 19, 2012
APPEAL FROM THE SEBASTIAN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT HONORABLE STEPHEN TABOR, JUDGE REVERSED AND REMANDED. |
JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice
Teresa L. Broussard appeals a decision of the Sebastian County Circuit Court entering summary judgment in favor of St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Michael Coleman, Jr., and Dr. Stephen Seffense. Broussard asserts that the trial court erred in finding Arkansas Code Annotated section 16-114-206 (Repl. 2006) constitutional. More specifically, Broussard argues that the requirement in section 16-114-206(a) that proof in medical-malpractice cases must be made by expert testimony by "medical care providers of the same specialty as the defendant" violates section 3 of Amendment 80. We hold that the provisions in section 16.114-206(a), which provide that expert testimony may only be given by "medical care
