UNDERWOOD v. LANE MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 97-CC-1997.

714 So.2d 715 (1998)

George UNDERWOOD, Jr., et al., v. LANE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick A. Caballero, Baton Rouge, Randolph Alexander Piedrahita, Shreveport, Due, Caballero, Perry, Price & Guidry, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

William Eugene Scott, III, Robert Warren Robinson, Herbert J. Mang, Jr., Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, Richard Lyons Weil, Guste, Barnett & Shushan, New Orleans, Vincent Paul Fornias, Johnny Edward Wellons, Knatrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.*

This is a survival and wrongful death action arising out of two successive injuries allegedly caused by separate acts or omissions of different tortfeasors. Both the initial tortfeasor and the health care provider who treated the tort victim for the initial injury are political subdivisions of the state, and each is located in a different parish.

The question presently before the court is whether both tortfeasors...

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