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FRENCH v. OCHSNER CLINIC

No. 2654.

200 So.2d 371 (1967)

Louise EASTIN, widow of Walter FRENCH, Jr., Peggy French, wife of Ronald Reso, and Walter French, III v. OCHSNER CLINIC and Ochsner Foundation Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Capella, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Ashton R. Hardy, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before YARRUT, SAMUEL and BARNETTE, JJ.

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is an action for damages for mental anguish, pain and suffering resulting from an unauthorized autopsy. Plaintiffs are the widow, Mrs. Louise Eastin French, and the two children of the decedent upon whom the autopsy was performed. Defendants, Ochsner Clinic and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, have appealed from a trial court judgment in favor of the widow in the amount of $500. Mrs. French has answered the appeal seeking an increase in the award to...

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