# Aites v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · July 27, 1987 · 512 So. 2d 866

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7560454

## Case

- **Full name:** Boyd W. AITES v. The STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** July 27, 1987
- **Citations:** 512 So. 2d 866; 1987 La. App. LEXIS 11423
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Culpepper, Domengeaux, Guidry
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY:
The trial court erred in ruling hospital records from the Bayne-Jones Community Army Hospital, signed by its administrator, are inadmissable at trial without a foundation being first laid. Once LSA-R.S. 13:3714 is complied with, the records are admissible. The weight given the records is determined by the presence of expert testimony to interpret those records. Brown v. Collins, 223 So.2d 453 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1969).
IT IS ORDERED that the trial court set aside and vacate its judgment of December 10, 1986, and allow the hospital records to be introduced into evidence in compliance with LSA-R.S. 13:3714.

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