GUIDRY v. FEDERLINE

No. 88-CA-573.

537 So.2d 838 (1989)

Linda Marie Diebel GUIDRY, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Children Stephanie Elizabeth Guidry, Melinda Anne Guidry and Nicholas Philip Guidry v. Michael FEDERLINE, M.D., H.P. Faust, M.D., Carol Grannan, R.N., Cathy Buhler, R.N., East Jefferson General Hospital and East Jefferson Emergency Consultants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica T. Surprenant and Dennis M. LaBorde, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Hritz, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Carol Grannan, R.N.

John A. Stewart, Jr. and James A. Oswald, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Cathy Buhler, R.N.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN and GOTHARD, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a June 14, 1988 judgment of the 24th Judicial District Court which maintained an exception of prematurity filed by two registered nurses in a medical malpractice case.

The plaintiffs, surviving wife and children of Melvin R. Guidry, argue that the nurses are not eligible to have negligence claims against them submitted first to a medical review panel before the suit in district court can commence. Finding the trial judge...

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