HARRIS v. STATE THROUGH HUEY P. LONG MEM. HOSP.

No. 64957.

378 So.2d 383 (1979)

Bobby Ray HARRIS et al. v. STATE of Louisiana Through HUEY P. LONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and State Department of Hospitals et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Puckett, La. Dept. of Health & Human Resources, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.

LeDoux R. Provosty, Jr., Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay, Alexandria, for third party defendants-respondents, St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. and Dr. T. E. Banks.

John T. Bennett, Riddle & Bennett, Floyd J. Falcon, Jr., Avant, Wall, Thomas, Riche & Falcon, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-applicants.


BLANCHE, Justice.*

Plaintiffs, the four children of Mrs. Lula B. Harris, seek damages in the amount of $322,863.88 from the State of Louisiana for the illness and pain suffered by their mother and for the loss to themselves caused by her death, all of which they claim was caused by the fault of the State employees at the Huey P. Long Memorial Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana.

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