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COLEMAN v. TOURO INFIRMARY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. CA-6794.

506 So.2d 571 (1987)

Dorothy Coleman, Wife of and Larry COLEMAN, Individually and as Administrator, of the Estate of the Minor Child v. TOURO INFIRMARY OF NEW ORLEANS, Dr. Ernest Cherrie, Jr., and ABC Insurance Company and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied June 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones Associates, Ltd. Ernest L. Jones, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Thomas, Hayes & Beahn, Harold A. Thomas, Robert D. Ford, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Carruth, Cooper and Adams, Alfred Adams, Baton Rouge, for intervenors-appellants.

Before GULOTTA, BYRNES and LOBRANO, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

In this medical malpractice suit, the defendant hospital and the obstetrician appeal from a $250,000.00 award in favor of a mother for the loss of her prematurely born son. Although we conclude that the evidence is insufficient to support a finding that defendants' negligence caused the death of the child, we hold that the plaintiff mother has proven that the physician's delay in attending her during her labor caused her to endure unnecessary pain...

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