WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. Nos. 76-673, 76-800.

507 F.Supp. 147 (1981)

Harold Otis WRIGHT and Audrey Wright v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

Opinion on Damages January 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Papale, Knight, D'Angelo & Knight, Gretna, La., for plaintiffs.

John P. Volz, U. S. Atty., Joan Elaine Chauvin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendant.


HEEBE, Chief Judge.

The above-captioned malpractice suit was tried to this Court, with the Court as trier of fact, as a bifurcated trial litigated first on the issue of liability. It is asserted that because of negligent treatment by physicians and nurses at the Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans, Harold Otis Wright suffered cerebral anoxia which resulted in brain damage. This brain damage has left Mr. Wright a spastic quadriplegia with diminished visual...

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