WATKINS, Judge.
Elizabeth Congelton filed suit against Baton Rouge General Hospital for an injury sustained during a phlebotomy performed in the hospital's blood bank. The trial court found the hospital liable and it appeals. Plaintiff answered the appeal seeking an increase in damages.
The primary issue for our determination is whether the trial court erred in applying the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
On June 12, 1980, plaintiff went to the blood...
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