HAMPTON v. GREENFIELD

No. 92-C-2770.

618 So.2d 859 (1993)

Josie HAMPTON, Curatrix of Cathy Hampton, and Tutrix of Tananka Hampton v. Holly F. GREENFIELD, M.D., Karen Miller, M.D., M. Reyes, Charles Smith, M.D., State of Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources Consolidated With the United States Internal Revenue Service, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Charles T. Williams, Metairie, John E. Baker, Mandeville, Blue, Williams & Buckley, Metairie, George F. Kelly, III, Kelly & Davenport, New Orleans, for applicant.

Joseph W. Thomas, Henry P. Julien, Jr., Julien & Julien, New Orleans, for respondent.


MARCUS, Justice.*

In 1986, while being treated at Charity Hospital of New Orleans1, Cathy Hampton suffered a cardiac arrest and lapsed into a coma from which she emerged mentally and physically impaired. Josie Hampton, as curatrix of Cathy Hampton and tutrix of Tananka Hampton, filed a medical malpractice action against the State of Louisiana; Charity Hospital of...

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