APRIL v. ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES

No. 93-C-2079.

629 So.2d 1295 (1993)

Joycelyn and John APRIL, Jr. v. ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NEW ORLEANS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. William Bradley, Jr., Richard E. Gruner, Jr., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, for relator.

Gerald Wasserman, Bach & Wasserman, Metairie, for respondents.

Before BYRNES and WARD and PLOTKIN, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

The plaintiffs-respondents, Joycelyn and John April, filed suit after they discovered their adopted son suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome. The petition alleged the plaintiffs-respondents learned of the condition August 21, 1990 from a letter from Dr. Jonelle McAllister, a pediatric neurologist; and that the defendant-relator, Associated Catholic Charities, breached its duty of care by: (1) failing to obtain and disclose a full and complete history...

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