VIOSCA v. TOURO INFIRMARY

No. 1570.

170 So.2d 222 (1964)

Oswald W. VIOSCA et al. v. TOURO INFIRMARY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Refused February 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Robert E. Leake, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Dodd, Hirsch, Barker & Meunier, C. Paul Barker and Harold J. Lamy, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Walter M. Barnett, Moise W. Dennery, Morris Wright and Leonard B. Levy, New Orleans, for Touro Infirmary, defendant-appellant.

Before REGAN, CHASEZ and HALL, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

Oswald W. Viosca and his two daughters, viz., Mrs. Lynn Viosca Brignac and Mrs. Joan Viosca Gamble, issue of his marriage with Mrs. Armand Scully Viosca, brought suit under LSA-C.C. Art. 2315 to recover damages for the injury to, and subsequent death of Mrs. Viosca, who fell while visiting in the hospital room of her husband, who was a patient in Touro Infirmary. The defendants are Touro Infirmary and its general liability insurer.

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