HERBERT v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY

No. 2362.

193 So.2d 330 (1966)

Howard HERBERT v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1967.

Writ Refused March 10, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krieger, Krieger & Tracy, I. J. Krieger and Robert K. Tracy, New Orleans, Nichols, Gaither, Beckham, Colson, Spence & Hicks, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Ernest A. Carrere, Jr., and Ashton R. Hardy, New Orleans, for The Travelers Indemnity Co., Anesthesia Associates, and Dr. Byron J. Casey, defendants-appellees.

Loeb & Livaudais, Marcel Livaudais, Jr., New Orleans, for Dr. Francis N. Vallette and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., defendants-appellees.

Porteous & Johnson, William A. Porteous, Jr., and C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., New Orleans, for Southern Baptist Hospital, Inc., and Underwriters at Lloyd's, defendants-appellees.

Dufour, Levy, Marx & Lucas, Leonard B. Levy, New Orleans, for General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corp., Ltd., and Dr. Warren Hebert, defendants-appellees.

Before McBRIDE, JANVIER and BARNETTE, JJ.


BARNETTE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment based on a jury verdict rejecting his demand for damages for alleged negligent injury in the administration of a spinal anesthetic.

The plaintiff, Howard Herbert, consulted Dr. Warren Hebert about a hemorrhoid condition, and, after two cancellations of scheduled surgical operations, a hemorrhoidectomy was scheduled at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans for July 5, 1962. In preparation...

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