Legal Opinion
Wright v. United States
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 6, 1981No. Civ. A. 76-673, 76-800PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEBE, Chief Judge.
The above-captioned malpractice suit was tried to this Court, with the Court as trier of fact, as a bifurcated trial litigated first on the issue of liability. It is asserted that because of negligent treatment by physicians and nurses at the Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans, Harold Otis Wright suffered cerebral anoxia which resulted in brain damage. This brain damage has left Mr. Wright a spastic quadriplegia with diminished visual acuity bilaterally, i. e., legally blind. Plaintiffs allege the following specific acts of negligence: (1) failure to administer…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Ardoin v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Harry J. Hicks, Administrator of the Estate of Carol Greitens, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Anderson v. Welding Testing Laboratory, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Boswell v. Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- McFarland v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Reilly v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1987
- Muenstermann by Muenstermann v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1992
- Interdiction of WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
- Interdiction of WrightLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
- Morgan v. Louis Cenac, M.D.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
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