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MEYNIER v. DE PAUL HOSPITAL

No. 3230.

218 So.2d 98 (1969)

Mrs. Louise O. MEYNIER v. DE PAUL HOSPITAL, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, Dr. William R. Sorum and Insurance Company of North America.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 6, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Norton, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, Allen R. Fontenot, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, H. Martin Hunley, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Dr. William R. Sorum.

Before SAMUEL, HALL and JOHNSON, JJ.

JOHNSON, Judge.

On April 10, 1963, plaintiff was given two shock treatments within a period of a few minutes by Dr. William Sorum, a psychiatrist. Plaintiff remained unconscious for about fifteen minutes after which she was in bed for about an hour. Then a lady attendant was in the process of leading her down a flight of six (as shown by the photographs) risers or stairsteps when plaintiff fell causing a fracture of her left ankle. Plaintiff filed this suit in tort...

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