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SMITH v. LOUISIANA HEALTH & HUMAN RES.

No. 93-CA-1434.

637 So.2d 1177 (1994)

Deanna SMITH, et al. v. The LOUISIANA HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darleen M. Jacobs, James L. Yates, Darleen M. Jacobs, A Professional Law Corp., New Orleans, for plaintiffs.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Ivor A. Trapolin, Miles G. Trapolin, Trapolin Law Firm, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, for defendants.

Before CIACCIO, ARMSTRONG and JONES, JJ.

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Following the death of Harry Smith, a patient at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, his widow and seven children sued the hospital, the state of Louisiana and a state agency for wrongful death. The plaintiffs prevailed in a bench trial and the trial court awarded Mrs. Smith $325,000.00, six of the seven children $80,000.00 each and one of the children, who is mentally retarded, $100,000.00. The defendants...

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