HUTCHINSON v. PATEL

No. 92 CA 1502.

626 So.2d 368 (1993)

Nelita M. HUTCHINSON v. Navin P. PATEL, M.D. and Parkland Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Granted November 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Upton, Baton Rouge, for Nelita M. Hutchinson.

Donald Phelps, Jay Mitchell, Baton Rouge, for Navin P. Patel, M.D.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and FOIL and FOGG, JJ.


FOGG, Judge.

In this tort action, the defendant physician appeals the denial of a dilatory exception raising the objection of prematurity based on the contention that, pursuant to the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act (LMMA), the claim was required to be submitted to a Medical Review Panel prior to being filed in district court. We affirm.

Nelita M. Hutchinson filed a petition for damages in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court on November 18, 1991, alleging...

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