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KEATING v. KELLER

No. 8019.

242 So.2d 892 (1970)

D. Lester KEATING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Gerald KELLER, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Rougelot, New Orleans, for appellant.

C. T. Williams, Jr., of Loeb, Dillon & Livaudais, New Orleans, for appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and PICKETT, JJ.

SARTAIN, Judge.

This is an action against the defendant physician for damages allegedly sustained during and as a result of plaintiff's detention in the Southeast Louisiana Hospital at Mandeville. Plaintiff alleged that his confinement was caused by a coroner's commitment order which was falsely signed by the defendant as an examining physician, when in fact the defendant had admittedly never seen or examined the plaintiff. Preparation of this commitment order was...

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