PITRE v. OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSP.

No. 87-C-2360.

530 So.2d 1151 (1988)

Tammy Dupre PITRE, et al. v. OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Marcello, Donalsonville, for applicant.

Debra Templet, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, Marc Judice, Juneau, Hill, Judice & Adley, P.L.C., Lafayette, Alex Andrus, Andrus & Doherty, Opelousas, for respondent.

John S. Baker, Jr., amicus curiae for Dr. John Kempf.

Basile J. Uddo, New Orleans, amicus curiae for Louisiana Right to Life Federation, Louisiana Pro-Life Counsel, Baton Rouge Right to Life, Eunice Right to Life, Heartbeat of Louisiana, Inc., New Orleans Right to Life.

W.J. Manion, amicus curiae for Tammy Dupre Pitre, et al.


DENNIS, Justice.

This medical malpractice suit filed by parents of an albino child, seeking damages for themselves and the child, arises out of a surgeon's alleged negligence which caused the failure of a bilateral tubal ligation to sterilize the mother, resulting in the unplanned and unwanted birth of the child. We granted a writ to review the pretrial ruling by the court of appeal under its supervisory jurisdiction dismissing the child's suit for failure to state...

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