COUSINEAU v. BARNES-HIND, INC.

No. 97-CA-90.

697 So.2d 367 (1997)

Billy COUSINEAU v. BARNES-HIND, INC. n/d/b/a Pilkington Visioncare, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Robert F. Shearman, Leslie A. Cordell, Lyn M. Curlin, Orrill, Shearman & Cordell, L.L.C., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Billy Cousineau.

L. Harvard Scott III, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees, Barnes-Hind, Inc. n/d/b/a Pilkington Visioncare, Inc.

Christina R. Wheat, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees, Ochsner Clinic & Ochsner Foundation Hospital & Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation.

Before GAUDIN, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a November 6, 1996 judgment in a medical malpractice case which (1) granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of defendants Ochsner Clinic, Ochsner Foundation Hospital and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation and (2) stayed the final effect of these dismissals for 30 days "... to allow plaintiff (Billy Cousineau) to secure an expert in support of his claim."

Part (2) of this judgment is unusual. Even if Cousineau was...

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