DaROCA v. ST. BERNARD GENERAL HOSPITAL

No. 7828.

347 So.2d 933 (1977)

Ruth S. DaROCA v. ST. BERNARD GENERAL HOSPITAL and its staff, Dr. Emile A. Bertucci, Dr. Hewitte A. Thian, Dr. Ernest J. Delahaye, Dr. Robert E. Mayfield, Professional Insurance Company of New York and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Vedros, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee and appellant.

Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Matthews, Carey J. Guglielmo, Baton Rouge, for St. Bernard General Hospital, defendant-appellant and appellee, Dr. Hewitte A. Thian and Dr. Emile Bertucci, Jr., defendants-appellees.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthew, William S. Penick, New Orleans, for Dr. Ernest J. Delahaye, Dr. Robert E. Mayfield, and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., defendants-appellees.

Before LEMMON, STOULIG and SCHOTT, JJ.


LEMMON, Judge.

In this medical malpractice case St. Bernard General Hospital has appealed from a judgment following a jury verdict, which awarded plaintiff damages for loss of hearing as a result of a drug reaction. In answering special interrogatories, the jury found that the hospital and the four named doctors were negligent, but further found that the doctors' negligence did not cause plaintiff's damages. Plaintiff has also appealed, questioning the dismissal of...

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