ARGUS v. SCHEPPEGRELL

No. 85-C-0100.

472 So.2d 573 (1985)

Billie J. Argus, Wife of/and Herbert ARGUS v. William C. SCHEPPEGRELL, Jr., M.D.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Kewley, Bruce A. North, Malony, Nolan, North & Reiss, Metairie, William J. Scheffler, III, Gretna, for plaintiff-applicant.

Dominic J. Gianna, John D. Person, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this pre-comparative fault case to determine whether a physician who wrongfully supplied prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances in excessive amounts to a teenaged patient who was a known drug addict, even after promising the patient's mother that he would not supply the patient any more prescriptions for drugs, should be relieved of liability for the patient's death on the basis that the patient was contributorily...

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