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PERRIN v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

No. 7739.

340 So.2d 421 (1976)

Fred T. PERRIN v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Smith and Robert J. Young, Jr., Joseph R. McMahon, Edward L. Levert, Jr., New Orleans, for Fred T. Perrin, plaintiff-appellant.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, for Dr. Earl J. Rozas, Dr. Raymond E. Horn, Jr., Dr. Kenneth A. Briggs, and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., defendants-appellees.

Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., Harold A. Thomas, New Orleans, for West Jefferson General Hospital, Argonaut-Southwest Ins. Co., Marguerite Lomonaco, Effie Danten, and Claire Smith, defendants-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and MORIAL, JJ.

BOUTALL, Judge.

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