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DeBATTISTA v. ARGONAUT-SOUTHWEST INS. CO.

No. 80-C-1772.

403 So.2d 26 (1981)

Dolores Faciane, wife of/and Joseph C. DeBATTISTA v. ARGONAUT-SOUTHWEST INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion September 17, 1981.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbott J. Reeves, Gretna, for applicant.

George E. Cain, Jr., William S. Penick, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Joseph W. Thomas, Staff Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

One of the plaintiffs, Mrs. Joseph C. DeBattista, contracted hepatitis following a blood transfusion. She and her husband sued among others the Southern Baptist Hospital Blood Bank, the processor and distributor of the blood transfused, and the blood bank's liability insurer.

The court of appeal, 385 So.2d 518, affirmed the district court's dismissal of the suit, finding that the plaintiffs failed to prove...

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