JACK v. STATE

No. 95-817.

671 So.2d 26 (1996)

Mae Hilda JACK and Patsy Jack Dixon, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Child, Albert Ricardo Dixon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Louisiana Through Its DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES and Its Subsidiary, University Medical Center of Lafayette, Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. Dejean, Opelousas, for Mae Hilda Jack et al.

William Martin Hudson III and Edgar Dean Gankendorff, Lafayette, for State of La., Through DHHR et al.

Before SAUNDERS, WOODARD and DECUIR, JJ.


WOODARD, Judge.

Mae Hilda Jack's personal injury suit against the State of Louisiana was tried before a judge, who, after Jack presented her case, granted the state's motion to dismiss. Jack appeals that judgment.

FACTS & ACTIONS OF THE TRIAL COURT

Plaintiff-appellant, Mae Hilda Jack, alleges she and her nephew were awaiting treatment for the child in a hospital cubicle at the University Medical Center of Lafayette (UMC), when she was knocked...

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