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LEWIS v. ST. FRANCES CABRINI HOSP.

No. 88-1017.

556 So.2d 970 (1990)

Connie S. LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James I. Barron, Orlando, Fla., and Edward A. Kaplan, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, Howard Gist III, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Before DOUCET, KNOLL and KING, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

St. Frances Cabrini Hospital (hereafter Cabrini) appeals a jury's quantum award of $60,000 to Connie S. Lewis for damages he received while a patient at Cabrini when he accidentally sipped bleach with his noon meal. Cabrini does not contest liability; it contends that the jury's $55,000 general damage award ($20,000 for physical pain and suffering, and $35,000 for mental pain and suffering) was excessive, and that the record does not support a special...

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