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WARTELL v. WOMAN'S & CHILDREN'S HOSP.

No. 95-736.

676 So.2d 632 (1996)

Patrick M. WARTELL & Kristine Wartell, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. WOMAN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC., Defendant and The Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund, Defendant-Appellee-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacque Berchmans Pucheu Jr., Eunice, for Patrick Wartelle and Kristine Wartelle and Patrick Wartelle and Kristine Wartelle, pro se.

Stephen J. Oats, Edgar D. Gankendorff, Oats & Hudson, Lafayette, for the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund.

Before KNOLL, THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS, WOODARD and DECUIR, JJ.

SAUNDERS, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is quantum. Defendants contest a general damages award of $250,000.00 in connection with the emotional trauma and mental anguish suffered by the parents of a stillborn fetus. Plaintiffs answer defendants' appeal. They seek an increase in damages for their nascent daughter's survival action, which the trial court dismissed, and Lejeune damages for their having witnessed the act that caused her stillbirth. We reverse...

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