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BATSON v. SOUTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL CTR.

No. 98 CA 0038R.

778 So.2d 54 (2000)

Deborah BATSON, Eula Mae Batson and Billy M. Batson v. SOUTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER and State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Health and Human Resources.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Samanie, Herbert W. Barnes, Houma, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Deborah Batson, Eula Mae Batson and Billy M. Batson.

Gregory C. Weiss, Kathryne Caraway, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellants, the State of Louisiana and South Louisiana Medical Center.

Peter Sperling, New Orleans, for Defendants, Medforce Physical Therapy Services, Inc., et al.

Joseph A. Reilly, Jr., Houma, for Defendant, Sunbelt Physical Therapy.

Richard Ieyoub, Baton Rouge, Attorney General on behalf of the State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Department of Justice.

Amos H. Davis, Baton Rouge, for Defendant, Chicago Insurance Company.

Kristin E. Hendericks, Metairie, for Defendant, Medforce International, Inc.

Before: FOIL, WHIPPLE, FOGG, GUIDRY and PETTIGREW, JJ.

WHIPPLE, J.

This case is before us on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court with instructions to this court to review damages awarded under the $500,000.00 cap for each of the multiple injuries sustained by plaintiff, Deborah Batson, while hospitalized at South Louisiana Medical Center (SLMC) in Houma, Louisiana.1 After a thorough review of the extensive record herein, we find no abuse of discretion by the trial court in its award of...

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