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AUSTIN v. ST. CHARLES GENERAL HOSP.

No. 90-CA-1315.

587 So.2d 742 (1991)

Joan B. AUSTIN v. ST. CHARLES GENERAL HOSPITAL and Richard Ryba.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied December 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramirez & Miskewicz, Patricia D. Miskewicz, Clyde A. Ramirez, Sterling E. Price, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Carruth, Cooper and Adams, S. Alfred Adams, Baton Rouge, for Douglas D. Green Com'r of Ins. and the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund.

Windhorst, Gaudry, Talley & Ranson, Daryl A. Higgins, Michael L. Martin, Gretna, for defendant-appellant N.M.E. Hospitals, Inc. d/b/a St. Charles General Hosp.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and BYRNES and WARD, JJ.

BYRNES, Judge.

St. Charles General Hospital (St. Charles General) appeals a jury award in favor of Joan Austin for personal injuries sustained while receiving treatment in the hospital. We affirm.

On August 28, 1984, Joan Austin was admitted to St. Charles General for diagnostic testing for suspected diabetes, ulcers, hypertension and thyroid problems. On August 30, 1984, Ms. Austin was brought in a wheelchair from her room to a waiting area in the nuclear...

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