WILLIAMS v. REISS

No. 94-CA-0672.

643 So.2d 792 (1994)

Todd WILLIAMS v. David REISS, M.D., and Elmwood Industrial Medical Center.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Ducote, Fine & Associates, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ambrose K. Ramsey, III, Law Offices of Richard E. Birtel, Metairie, for defendants-appellees.

Before PLOTKIN, JONES and LANDRIEU, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Todd Williams (Williams) appeals the dismissal of his suit on an exception of prematurity. The issue for review is whether this is an admiralty case governed by federal law or a medical malpractice action subject to the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act. For the following reasons, we conclude that this is a medical malpractice case and thus affirm the trial court's granting of defendants' exception of prematurity.

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