JURE v. BARKER

No. 92-CA-1688.

619 So.2d 717 (1993)

Valerie JURE v. Richard H. BARKER, IV, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.D. Freeman, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Before ARMSTRONG, PLOTKIN and JONES, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of an exception of prematurity in a legal malpractice action. The issue is whether a pending appeal in a medical malpractice action renders premature a legal malpractice action against the attorneys who represent the plaintiff in that medical malpractice action. We hold that it does and we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The defendant attorneys, Richard H. Barker, IV and Harry J. Boyer, Jr. represented...

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