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SCOTT v. HOSP. SERV. DIST. NO. 1

No. 86-C-0713.

496 So.2d 270 (1986)

Maudie Scott, wife of/and Curtis E. SCOTT v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 OF the PARISH OF ST. CHARLES, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Dazzio, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Lawrence Wiedemann and C. Scott Carter, Wiedemann & Fransen, New Orleans, for respondents.

WATSON, Justice.

In this personal injury suit, Maudie Scott and her husband, Curtis E. Scott, seek damages for a slip and fall which occurred on October 27, 1982, at the St. Charles Parish Hospital in Luling, Louisiana.1

A jury assessed damages at $380,000; granting lump sums of $330,000 to Maudie Scott and $50,000 to her husband. Since Ms. Scott was found sixty percent at fault and the hospital forty percent, her award was reduced...

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