COPPAGE v. GAMBLE

No. 12361.

297 So.2d 468 (1974)

Reverend Louis M. COPPAGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. D. E. GAMBLE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

July 1, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pittman & Matheny by Tom H. Matheny, Hammond, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph R. Bethard, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, Dr. D. E. Gamble.

Mayer & Smith by Alex F. Smith, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees, Fairfield Corp., d/b/a Fairfield Hospital and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Walter J. Horrell, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, La. Health, Social and Rehabilitation Services Admin.

Adams & Reese and Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King by Sidney E. Cook, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, La. State Bd. of Medical Examiners.

Before PRICE, HALL and WILLIAMS, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Reverend Louis M. Coppage, filed suit for damages against Dr. D. E. Gamble, Fairfield Corporation, d/b/a Fairfield Hospital, and their insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, alleging that Dr. Gamble performed an unnecessary and unauthorized operation on plaintiff in the defendant hospital on November 23, 1971. Subsequently, on November 5, 1973, plaintiff named as additional defendants, the Louisiana Department of Hospitals ...

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