PETTIS v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALS

No. 4228.

281 So.2d 881 (1973)

Cecil PETTIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Concurring Opinion August 21, 1973.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Lafayette, and Wm. Henry Sanders, Jena, for plaintiff-appellant.

Walter J. Horrell, Baton Rouge, Adams & Reese by Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Gold, Hall, Hammill & Little by Jimmy M. Stoker, Alexandria, for exceptor-appellee.

Provosty & Sadler by LeDoux R. Provosty, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Cecil Pettis, instituted this suit for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by him while he was being treated in the Central Louisiana State Hospital, at Pineville. The defendants are: (1) State of Louisiana, through the Department of Institutions; (2) State of Louisiana, through the State Department of Hospitals, and Central Louisiana State Hospital; (3) Central Louisiana State Hospital; (4) Dr. Arthur L. Seale; (5) Dr. Harvey...

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