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BOURNE v. SEVENTH WARD GENERAL HOSP.

Nos. 88 CA 0502, 88 CA 0503.

546 So.2d 197 (1989)

Mrs. Helen Dunn BOURNE v. SEVENTH WARD GENERAL HOSPITAL, et al. (Two Cases)

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Simpson, Atty., Amite, and Paul Due, Atty., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Daniel A. Reed, Baton Rouge, for Seventh Ward Gen. Hosp.

Tom H. Matheny, Atty., Hammond, for State of La., Dept. of Health and Human Resources.

Gary M. Cooper, Baton Rouge, for Sherman A. Bernard.

Philip O. Bergeron, Atty., New Orleans, for M.L.G. Winkler, M.D.

Before WATKINS, CRAIN and ALFORD, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

Three Louisiana health care providers appeal an adverse judgment totalling $201,838.55 for the pain and suffering and wrongful death of a 20-year-old woman.

The decedent, Kathy D. Harper, was the daughter of Mrs. Helen Dunn Bourne, appellee. On February 17, 1978, the daughter attempted suicide by swallowing the contents of two bottles of prescription pain pills. However, she did not die until February 21, 1978. The mother brought a medical...

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