WEBER v. CHARITY HOSP. OF LOUISIANA

No. 84-C-2110.

475 So.2d 1047 (1985)

Shirley Weber, wife of/and William WEBER, Individually and on Behalf of their Minor Daughter, Gaynell Weber v. CHARITY HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne H. Carlton, Jr., Orlando G. Bendana, New Orleans, for applicant-plaintiff,

Patrick G. Kehoe, J. Thomas Nelson, Birdsall, Rodriguez, Robelot & Nelson, John Combe, Jr., Alexander Plache, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for respondent-defendant.


LEMMON, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages sustained by the minor, Gaynell Weber, when she contracted hepatitis from a blood transfusion during treatment at Charity Hospital for injuries received in an automobile accident. We granted certiorari primarily to determine whether the compromise with and release of the tortfeasor who caused the automobile accident discharged the hospital and the blood supplier from any obligation relating to the transfusion....

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