CALLOWAY v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. CA-8835.

524 So.2d 182 (1988)

Shirley Mae CALLOWAY, Individually and as the Natural Tutrix of the Estate of Her Minor, Infant Calloway v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Criminal Sheriff for the Parish of Orleans, Jane Doe, Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, Dr. John Doe, Nurse Mary Doe, ABC Insurance Company and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Allen Ursy, Bruce S. Johnston, Ursy & Weeks, Ivor A. Trapolin, L. Kevin Coleman, T.A., Miles G. Trapolin, Trapolin & Coleman, New Orleans, for defendants/appellants.

H. Muldrow Etheredge, Law Offices of Owen J. Bradley, and Sherman F. Raphael, J.D., New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and LOBRANO and WARD, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

In this wrongful death action, plaintiff, Shirley Calloway, was awarded $150,000.00 for the premature birth of her daughter who lived approximately 36 hours. Defendants are the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources (Charity Hospital at New Orleans), and Charles C. Foti (Foti) in his capacity as Criminal Sheriff for the Parish of Orleans. Both defendants were found liable in solido, and both appeal.

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