RUSHING v. STATE THROUGH LA. HEALTH, ETC.

No. 12996.

381 So.2d 1250 (1980)

Dolly Darlene Reppond RUSHING v. STATE of Louisiana, THROUGH LOUISIANA HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Charles Bradley, Ronald W. Wall, Baker, for plaintiff-appellee Dolly Darlene Reppond Rushing.

Lawrence W. Bell, Gonzales, Cyrus S. Baldwin, Jr., Donald E. Puckett, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants Louisiana Health & Human Resources Adm., East Louisiana State Hospital.

Terry F. Hessick, E. Michael Harrison, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Dr. Theus Newton Armistead and Paul Bennett.

Before ELLIS, CHIASSON and PONDER, JJ.


CHIASSON, Judge.

Appellant, State of Louisiana, through Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration, seeks review of the trial court's judgment awarding $75,000 to appellee, Dolly Darlene Reppond Rushing, for the death of her husband, Robert J. Rushing.

On or around March 16, 1975, Robert Rushing, his brother and another companion set out to go frog hunting in a lake located in East Feliciana Parish and on the grounds of East Louisiana State Hospital...

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