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CHRISTOPHE v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS

No. 95-398.

663 So.2d 289 (1995)

Sam CHRISTOPHE, individually and on Behalf of his minor child, Heather Renee Christophe, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otis Edwin Dunahoe Jr., for Sam Christophe.

Richard Phillip Ieyoub, William R. Carruth Jr., Sydney Picou-Kendrick, for State of Louisiana, Through Dept. of Health and Hospitals.

Before KNOLL, THIBODEAUX and DECUIR, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal involves a medical malpractice claim against the Natchitoches Parish Health Unit (health unit) for failing to administer Immune Serum Globulin (ISG) to a mother and her daughter who were exposed to Hepatitis "A." The trial court found the health unit negligent, and held the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH), the state entity that operates the health unit, liable. The trial court awarded general damages of $10,000 to Sam...

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