LAUGHARN v. SAVOIE

CA-2996.

480 So.2d 325 (1985)

Sandra R. LAUGHARN v. Dr. Anthony SAVOIE, State of Louisiana Through the Department of Health and Human Resources, Charity Hospital a Subdivision of the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nell I. Lipscomb, Linda G. Johnson and James F. Welch, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ivor A. Trapolin and L. Kevin Coleman, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT, BARRY and WILLIAMS, JJ., and HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.


BARRY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a summary judgment dismissing her medical malpractice suit based on her exclusive remedy in workmen's compensation.

Plaintiff was a supervisory medical technician employed by Charity Hospital in New Orleans. During the course and scope of her employment, plaintiff inadvertently stuck her thumb with a contaminated hypodermic needle. She worked the remainder of that day and three more days. Her thumb continued to be tender and...

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