SHORTESS v. TOURO INFIRMARY

No. CA-6658.

508 So.2d 938 (1987)

Marna B. SHORTESS, et al. v. TOURO INFIRMARY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boris F. Navratil and James E. Toups, Jr., Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, and Edward A. Rodrigue, Jr. and Robert I. Baudouin, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, New Orleans, for appellants.

Harold A. Thomas and Robert D. Ford, Thomas, Hayes & Beahm, New Orleans, and Paul H. Due, Due, Smith & Caballero, Baton Rouge, for appellees.

Before GARRISON, BARRY and CIACCIO, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

On November 26,1980, while a patient at Touro Infirmary, Marna Shortess received blood transfusions from a blood supply provided by the Blood Center of Southeast Louisiana (hereinafter referred to as the "Blood Center"). Mrs. Shortess developed a condition, which in February, 1981, was diagnosed as "Non A—Non B" hepatitis. On December 21,1981 the plaintiff filed an application with the Louisiana Medical...

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