Vanderdoes v. St. Claude General Hospital of New Orleans, Ltd.

GARRISON, Judge.

This is a companion case to Vanderdoes v. Ochsner Clinic, et al., 377 So.2d 1368 (La.App.1979). Although the two cases were not consolidated, they present parallel issues.

In the instant appeal, plaintiffs filed this action on October 8, 1976, seeking damages for the wrongful death of their mother. The death certificate indicates that Viola Yanderdoes died on October 15, 1975 from cardiac arrest, arteriosclerosis, cerebral arteriosclerosis, and cancer. Plaintiffs allege medical malpractice on the part of St. Claude General Hospital and its employees, and Dr. Frederick Pou, as…