KNEPPER v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUM. RES. ADMIN.

No. 6473.

359 So.2d 1127 (1978)

Lydia F. KNEPPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, et al. Defendants, Dr. Frank H. Marek and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell T. Tritico, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Patin, Harper, Tete & Nolen, William M. Nolen, Lake Charles, Frank P. Trosclair, Jr., Baton Rouge, Cox, Cox & Knapp by James J. Cox, Lake Charles, Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Carwile & Barsh, J. A. Delafield, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX, and WATSON, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case, filed in the captioned District Court, in which plaintiff seeks monetary relief. Her petition alleges that, while she was a patient at Lake Charles Charity Hospital, she suffered damages because of negligent performance of certain diagnostic procedures and surgery. She sued the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Health and Human Resources Administration, as the operator of the hospital; Dr. Frank H...

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