MONTGOMERY v. OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSP.

No. 87-492.

529 So.2d 52 (1988)

Jackie MONTGOMERY, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Granted October 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kermit A. Doucet, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Debra Templet, Katherine Gilmore, Ambrose Ramsey, III, S. Alfred Adams, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Before GUIDRY, FORET and LABORDE, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

In February, 1984, Mrs. Jackie Montgomery was hospitalized at the Opelousas General Hospital for gallbladder surgery. Following surgery and pursuant to her treating physician's orders, blood was obtained for the purpose of performing various laboratory tests. The plaintiffs contend that Robert Sullivan, the hospital's medical technician, performed the venipuncture in such a way as to cause injury to the median nerve of Mrs. Montgomery's right arm. Pursuant...

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