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JONES v. ST. FRANCIS CABRINI HOSP.

No. 93-1375.

638 So.2d 673 (1994)

Billie Jo JONES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. FRANCIS CABRINI HOSPITAL, et al. (Patient's Compensation Fund), Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alston Johnson III, Charles Henry Munsterman, for Billie Jo Jones, et al.

Milo Addison Nickel Jr., Elizabeth Brooks Hollins, for St. Francis Cabrini Hosp., et al.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET, COOKS, JJ., and CULPEPPER and BERTRAND, JJ. Pro Tem.

DOUCET, Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal as inadequate damages awarded pursuant to a jury verdict in this wrongful death and survival action against the Patient Compensation Fund (PCF).

In early February 1989, Ruby Lee Jones, a 75-year-old widow, was hospitalized at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital (Cabrini) in Alexandria, with a broken hip. Blood work done prior to surgery to repair the hip revealed anemia. Testimony at trial indicated that anemia in a person of...

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