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LUCAS v. ST. FRANCES CABRINI HOSP.

No. 89-39.

562 So.2d 999 (1990)

Deloris LUCAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronny J. Champlin, Baton Rouge, and Eugene Cicardo, Alexandria, for plaintiff/appellee.

Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, Howard Gist, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant/appellant.

S. Alfred Adams, Baton Rouge, for intervenor/appellant.

Before LABORDE, KNOLL and KING, JJ.

KING, Judge.

This appeal presents for consideration the issues of whether the trier of fact erred in finding that defendant committed malpractice, whether the trial court correctly gave a jury instruction on res ipsa loquitur, and whether the trier of fact was correct in its award of damages.

On April 6, 1984, Deloris Lucas (hereinafter plaintiff) was admitted to St. Frances Cabrini Hospital (hereinafter defendant) due to back pain and unusual female...

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