IN RE MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL FOR CLAIM OF LARCHE

Nos. 97-CA-2397, 97-CA-2398.

714 So.2d 56 (1998)

In re MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL for the Claim of James B. LARCHE and Bonnie Larche. Bonnie Larche wife of/and James Brian LARCHE v. Dr. Raoul RODRIGUEZ and Tulane University Medical Center.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, for Appellants Bonnie Larche, Wife of/and James Brian Larche.

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Amy M. Winters, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Appellees Dr. Raoul Rodriguez and the Administrators of The Tulane Educational Fund d/b/a Tulane University Medical Center.

Before KLEES, LOBRANO and CIACCIO, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal a judgment of the trial court granting defendants' exceptions of prematurity and no cause and/or right of action. The principal issue before this Court is whether plaintiff's claims against his physician for failure to provide adequate informed consent must be submitted to a medical review panel prior to commencement of a civil action.

Facts

In December of 1994, plaintiff James B. Larche, underwent surgery to...

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