RAWLS v. DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. VINCENT De PAUL, INC.

No. 71-2519.

491 F.2d 141 (1974)

Dorothy Kane RAWLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF SAINT VINCENT De PAUL, INC., the Administrators of Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital; Insurance Company of North America; Harold Bolding; the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company; Charles B. Odom, Individually and as Coroner of Jefferson Parish and The Surety of his Bond, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company; and Genevieve Arneson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Klein, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Daugh. of Charity, Ins. Co. of N. America & De Paul Hospital.

Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Dr. H. Bolding & Aetna.

Lawrence D. Wiedemann, New Orleans, La., for Dr. Charles Odom.

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Metairie, La., for Odom & Arneson.

Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 14, 1974.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

On March 24, 1969, appellant Rawls instigated this suit against (1) De Paul Hospital, (2) Dr. Bolding, a psychiatrist, and their respective insurers, contending that they falsely imprisoned her while a patient at De Paul Hospital from January 9, 1969 to March 4, 1969. Appellant Rawls also sued (3) Dr. Odom, the Coroner, (4) Dr. Arneson, his assistant, and their respective insurers, claiming...

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