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SEOANE v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 81-3097 Summary Calendar.

660 F.2d 146 (1981)

Manuel F. SEOANE, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Immaculada Julia Seoane and as Tutrix of his minor children, Sevirino Seoane and Manuel Seoane, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., et al., Defendants, Frederick A. Pou, M.D. and ABC Insurance Companies, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence J. Hand, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Pou.

William W. Hall, Kenner, La., for La. Patient's Comp. Fund.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question of the constitutionality of the medical malpractice review panel procedure established by Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1299.41-47. The district court found these procedures applicable in a diversity case and concluded that the statute violated neither the due process nor equal protection provisions of the Constitution. 472 F.Supp. 468 (E.D.La.1979).

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