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NEWTON v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN RES.

No. 87 CA 1011.

536 So.2d 560 (1988)

Autley B. NEWTON, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, Hammond Mental Health Center.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Dué, Charles Roberts, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Caroline Norton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before WATKINS, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

This is a tort action by plaintiffs, the surviving husband and three children of the deceased, alleging medical malpractice by a DHHR psychiatrist resulting in the wrongful death of the deceased. The trial court ruled in favor of the defendant and against plaintiffs. Plaintiffs appeal devolutively.

FACTS

The deceased, Meriam Newton, began to display symptoms of mental illness in the latter...

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