# Mitchell v. Villien

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · August 26, 2009 · 2008 La.App. 4 Cir. 1470

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9657200

## Case

- **Full name:** Christopher MITCHELL v. Dr. Paul O. VILLIEN, Jr., the City of New Orleans and Detective John Hunter in His Official Capacity as a New Orleans Police Officer
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** August 26, 2009
- **Citations:** 2008 La.App. 4 Cir. 1470; 19 So. 3d 557; 2009 La. App. LEXIS 1589; 2009 WL 2751145
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Armstrong
- **Judges:** Armstrong, Lombard, Bonin
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that medical provider who was subject to mandatory reporting requirement for gunshot wounds presented for treatment enjoyed a qualified or conditional privilege against civil liability when he reported to police a suspected gunshot wound, if in good faith he had a subj…
- reversing a denial a motion for summary judgment and finding there was no evidence to show that the doctor reported a suspected gunshot wound to the police in bad faith

## Opinion text

ARMSTRONG, C.J.,
concurs in the result.
hi respectfully concur in the result reached in the majority opinion.

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