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KEYS v. MERCY HOSP. OF NEW ORLEANS

No. CA-3113.

485 So.2d 514 (1986)

Elphage KEYS Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of his minor child Elphage Keys, Jr. v. MERCY HOSPITAL OF NEW ORLEANS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna S. Cummings, Cummings & Cummings, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

William S. Penick, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, New Orleans, William R. Carruth, Jr., S. Alfred Adams, Carruth and Cooper, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Before WILLIAMS and ARMSTRONG, JJ., and PRESTON H. HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

The defendants, Fran West and her employer, Mercy Hospital, are appealing the trial court's judgment awarding plaintiff, Elphage Keys, damages totalling $350,000 ($200,000 to Mr. Keys and $150,000 to his child). The defendants dispute the trial court's finding of liability and the amount of the award.

The record reflects that on November 27, 1977 plaintiff's wife, Yolander Keys, who was at or near term with her first pregnancy, went out to...

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