CHANEY v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 82-C-2773.

432 So.2d 256 (1983)

Belinda Dyson Chaney, wife of/and Joe CHANEY v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon D. Jackson, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Duncan S. Kemp, III, Hammond, Authur Massez, for respondent.


MARCUS, Justice.

On May 11, 1981, Belinda Dyson Chaney and her husband, Joe Chaney, filed this medical malpractice action for damages against Dr. Eliseo Richardo Puig, Dr. Wayne Bloodsworth, Dr. Kenneth Brewerton, and the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Health and Human Resources, individually and as the employer of the said doctors.

Plaintiffs alleged in their petition that on or about June 20, 1977, Mrs. Chaney, then an unmarried minor, was...

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