Legal Opinion
Hemingway v. Ochsner Clinic
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1984No. 83-3051PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
On several occasions in 1973, doctors at Ochsner Hospital Clinic and Ochsner Foundation Hospital prescribed to Glen Hemingway the drug Cafergot, to which he became hypersensitive. He developed dramatic *1221symptoms of hypersensitivity and was treated for these at Ochsner, but some time went by before doctors there realized that his problems were caused by the administration of Cafergot. After a protracted sequence of litigation, the jury found that certain physicians at Ochsner were negligent in their diagnosis and treatment of Mr. Hemingway and awarded him $365,000 damages.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Gloria Delesdernier, Wife of Clay N. Gerald v. Louis B. PorterieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Luke Bonura, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Sea Land Service, Inc., Cross-Appellee, Atlantic & Gulfstevedores, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Richard William Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Hemingway v. Ochsner ClinicCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Guilbeau v. W.W. Henry Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1994