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CHAPPETTA v. CIARAVELLA

No. 6680.

311 So.2d 563 (1975)

Shirley CHAPPETTA v. Dr. James M. CIARAVELLA and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1975.

Writ Refused June 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold C. Jacobs, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, H. Martin Hunley, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN and MORIAL, JJ.

MORIAL, Judge.

Defendants appeal a decision of the trial court awarding plaintiff damages of $2,550.00. Plaintiff answers the appeal and prays for an increase in the award.

Dr. Ciaravella performed a total abdominal hysterectomy on plaintiff at Hotel Dieu Hospital on February 8, 1972. In attendance were a circulating nurse, scrub nurse and an anesthetist, employees of the hospital; and an assistant surgeon, Dr. Lewis Legio.

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