BUTLER v. FLINT-GOODRIDGE HOSPITAL OF DILLARD

No. 8739.

354 So.2d 1070 (1978)

Cleo Allen BUTLER, Individually, and Cleo Allen Butler, for and on behalf of her minor daughter, Michelle Butler v. FLINT-GOODRIDGE HOSPITAL OF DILLARD UNIVERSITY, Dr. Jerome Medley and Dr. Warren P. McKenna, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, H. Martin Hunley, Jr., John M. Sartin, Jr., Adams & Reese, Lawrence L. McNamara, Robert J. Conrad, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Donald B. Ensenat, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sanders, Downing, Kean & Cazedessus, John V. Parker, Stewart M. Thomas, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, BEER and BOWES, JJ.


BEER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Cleo Allen Butler, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Michelle Butler, sued Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University, Dr. Jerome Medley and Dr. Warren P. McKenna, Jr., seeking to recover damages in the total amount of four million dollars allegedly resulting from defendants' negligence and malpractice.

Defendants, relying upon R.S. 40:1299.47 B (Act 817 of 1975), separately filed dilatory exceptions of prematurity...

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