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LEJEUNE v. RAYNE BRANCH HOSP.

No. 89-CC-0575.

556 So.2d 559 (1990)

Mable LEJEUNE, Individually, and as Succession Representative of Estate of Rayo Lejeune v. RAYNE BRANCH HOSPITAL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mitchell, II, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Thomas E. Guilbeau, Lead Atty., Patrick L. Michot, Lafayette, for respondent.

CALOGERO, Justice.

Damages for mental pain and anguish are generally allowed in tort cases in Louisiana.1 Nonetheless, mental pain and anguish sustained by a person not directly injured, because of the negligent infliction of injury on a third person, is not. Black v. Carrollton R.R. Co., 10 La.Ann. 33 (1855). In the case before us, involving the latter type of mental pain and anguish claim, the district court, and the court of...

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