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TUCKER v. OCHSNER HEALTH PLAN

No. 28318-CA.

674 So.2d 1052 (1996)

Austin TUCKER & Beverly Tucker, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OCHSNER HEALTH PLAN, d/b/a Ochsner Preferred Choice, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe & Lemann by Perry R. Staub, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jack M. Bailey, Jr., Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before MARVIN, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.

MARVIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal concerns whether Caddo Parish is the proper venue for an action against a Jefferson Parish health maintenance organization (HMO) under a group health care plan for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred outside of the HMO's geographical (New Orleans-Baton Rouge) "service area" by the plaintiff-plan member.

Overruling the HMO's venue exception, the trial court found that the action could be brought in Caddo Parish, where...

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