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JONES v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HOSP.

No. 95-1130.

671 So.2d 1074 (1996)

Ethel JONES, Individually and on behalf of James W. Guin, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS and Pinecrest Developmental Center, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edward Morton, Alexandria, for Ethel Jones et al.

John H. Ayres, III, Baton Rouge, for State of La. Thru Dept. of Health & Hosp. et al.

Before THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Judge.

This wrongful death suit arises out of the disappearance of a mentally and physically handicapped resident of Pinecrest Developmental Center (Pinecrest). On September 24, 1993, James Guin vanished near the cottage where he lived with fifteen other Pinecrest residents; to this date, his whereabouts and fate remain a mystery. His mother, Ethel Jones, sued the state through the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) and Pinecrest, alleging that Pinecrest...

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