Legal Opinion
Kurkiewicz v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Department of Health & Human Resources
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided April 19, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-1047-APublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Kent D. Kurkiewicz, brings this wrongful death action against the State of Louisiana through its Department of Health and Human Resources; the employees of the state: T.N. Armistead, M.D.; J. Gutierrez, M.D.; Imogene Barker, R.N.; E. Allred, R.N.; Virginia Callahan; and E.A. Redmond; and XYZ Insurance Co., the liability insurer of the named defendants.
Plaintiff alleges that Donna Marie Kurkiewicz was admitted to the East Feliciana State Hospital and that she died August 25, 1977 as a result of an overdose of drugs. Petitioner, who alleges only that he…
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