State ex rel. Department of Social Services ex rel. Harden v. Southern Baptist Hospital
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
liPLOTKIN, Judge.
In this appeal of a medical malpractice ease, this Court is asked to do three things: (1) determine the validity of a compromise agreement involving a minor, (2) decide the proper award of damages for two different claimants, and (3) apportion a limited fund between" those two claimants.
I. Facts
These consolidated wrongful death and survival actions arose out of the May 11,1988 death of Mary Silvia Harden at Southern Baptist Hospital as a result of an undetected, untreated ruptured spleen. On August 28, 1991, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Social Services,…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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