DESCANT v. ADM'RS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND

No. 95-CA-2127.

706 So.2d 618 (1998)

Deborah Descant, wife of/and Leon J. DESCANT, Jr., Individually and as Parents and Administrators of the Estate of their Minor Child, Edith Marie Descant v. The ADMINISTRATORS OF the TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, d/b/a Tulane Medical Center Hospital and Clinic, and Dr. Eduardo Herrera.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Kullman, Lewis & Kullman, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Deborah Descant, wife of/and Leon J. Descant, Jr., Individually and as Parents and Administrators of the Estate of their Minor Child, Edith Marie Descant.

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Michelle A. Bourque, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Defendants-Appellees the Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, d/b/a Tulane Medical Center Hospital & Clinic, and Dr. Eduardo Herrera.

James D. Carriere, John C. McNeese, Habans, Bologna & Carriere, New Orleans, for Intervenor-Appellant Canal Barge Company, Inc.

Before BARRY, KLEES, LOBRANO, WALTZER and MURRAY, JJ.


WALTZER, Judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiffs/appellants, Leon J. Descant, Jr. and Deborah G. Descant, filed this medical malpractice action against defendants/appellees, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, d/b/a Tulane Medical Center ("TMC") Hospital and Clinic, and Eduardo Herrera, M.D., pursuant to the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, La.Rev.Stat. 40:1299.41. Plaintiffs filed a request for review by a Medical Review Panel ("MRP") alleging...

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