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SMITH v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HHR

No. 86-925.

517 So.2d 1072 (1987)

Gordy SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Granted December 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell T. Tritico, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Provosty, Sadler & Delaunay, Fred B. Alexius & Steve Wheelis, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.

WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER, Judge. Pro Tem.

Effie Smith (hereinafter decedent) died on December 11, 1982, in the emergency room of Huey P. Long Memorial Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana. Decedent's husband, Gordy Smith, and her twelve children (hereinafter plaintiffs) filed suit for damages for her wrongful death against the hospital and the attending physician, Dr. Edward Staudinger (hereinafter defendants). After trial on the merits, the judge dismissed the plaintiffs...

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