BATES v. DENNEY

No. 89 CA 0401.

563 So.2d 298 (1990)

Irene F. BATES v. James B. DENNEY, M.D. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied September 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Hoover, Scott Gegenheimer, Baton Rouge, and J. Thomas Anderson, Hammond, for plaintiff-appellant, Irene F. Bates.

William S. Penick, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.


CRAIN, Judge.

Emery Ray Bates, age 33, was brought to the Emergency Room of Seventh Ward General Hospital in Hammond on August 1, 1985. His chief complaint was that he had fallen down a flight of stairs at his home and, consequently, his ribs ached. On examination the patient was noted to have what appeared to be scratches or cuts on his wrists which he described as cat scratches.

Irene Florence Bates, the patient's mother, related to the Emergency Room physicians...

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