Legal Opinion
Harold E. Hayward v. Dr. Dean H. Echols
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1966No. 22176_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissing appellant’s case for failure to prove a cause of action sounding in tort. The controversy involves a diversity suit for damages filed by appellant against various doctors and a hospital for personal injuries sustained during the course of a brain operation. 1 The case was tried by the court sitting without a jury.
Plaintiff below (appellant) Harold E. Hayward, developed neuralgia pains sometime during 1957, which were ultimately concentrated in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Meyer v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Phelps v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Wall v. BrimCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Andrepont v. OchsnerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
- George v. Travelers Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1963
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Kay D. Mills and Basil Delong v. Richard Warren Levy, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Glen R. Hemingway v. Ochsner Clinic And/or Ochsner Foundation HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Pfiffner v. CorreaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994