ANTHONY v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DIST. NO. 1

No. CA 84 0864.

477 So.2d 1180 (1985)

Nelson Wayne ANTHONY, et al. v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1, d/b/a Seventh Ward General Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1985.

Writ Denied January 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. deGravelles, Due, Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson & Caskey, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees Nelson Wayne Anthony & Shirley Verneuil Anthony.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr. and C. William Bradley, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, and William Carruth & S. Alfred Adams, New Orleans, for defendant-first appellants Seventh Ward General Hosp. & Dr. Luis Balart.

William R. Carruth, Jr. & S. Alfred Adams, Carruth & Cooper, Baton Rouge, for Sherman A. Bernard, in his capacity as Com'r of Ins., and Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund, intervenors-second appellants.

Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.


ALFORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding each of the plaintiffs, Nelson Wayne Anthony and Shirley Verneuil Anthony, $185,000 plus legal interest and costs for their medical malpractice claim against the defendants, Dr. Luis Balart and Hospital Service District No. 1 d/b/a Seventh Ward General Hospital, as his employer.

Plaintiffs filed a malpractice claim against the emergency room physician, the hospital, Nurse Lucille McCarter and Dr. Leo...

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