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WOLFORD v. JOELLEN SMITH PSYCH. HOSP.

No. 96-CC-2460.

693 So.2d 1164 (1997)

Linda WOLFORD and Michael Wolford v. JOELLEN SMITH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, PIA Westbank, Inc. d/b/a JoEllen Smith Psychiatric Hospital, Psychiatric Institutes of America, Inc., and Robert Dahmes, M.D.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Gilroy Gremillion, Metairie, John M. Crosby, New Orleans, Windhorts, Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins & Gremillion, Gretna, for Applicant.

Ashton R. Hardy, John Michael Lamers, Hardy & Carey, L.L.P., Metairie, for Respondent.

Lawrence S. Kullman, New Orleans, for Louisiana Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.

Harry Alston Johnson, III, for Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Amicus Curiae.

MARCUS, Justice.*

On October 27, 1990, Linda Wolford was allegedly injured while participating in an obstacle course as part of a family therapy program at JoEllen Smith Psychiatric Hospital.1 Mrs. Wolford allegedly injured her back in the "nitro-crossing initiative," an activity that involves swinging on a rope across an imaginary pit eight to ten feet wide. Mrs. Wolford and her husband, Michael Wolford, brought...

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