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STATE v. JOINT COMM'N ON ACCREDITATION OF HOSPS., INC.

No. 16900-CA.

470 So.2d 169 (1985)

The STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HOSPITALS, INC., Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Inc., and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by Jesse D. McDonald, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Provosty, Sadler & Delaunay, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee, St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Ronald L. Davis, Jr., P.C., Monroe, for Joint Com'n on Accreditation of Hospitals, Inc. and Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and LINDSAY, JJ.

SEXTON, Judge.

This litigation arises as the result of the illness and/or death of certain renal patients at E.A. Conway Memorial Hospital. The harm to these patients was caused by the presence of excessive quantities of aluminum in the water used for their dialysis. The State of Louisiana subsequently settled with the injured patients or their survivors, obtained releases and became subrogated to the rights of those patients. The state then brought suit for contribution...

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