PCF BD. v. SUCCESSION OF HEDGEPETH

No. 98 CA 1695.

754 So.2d 1036 (1999)

PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND OVERSIGHT BOARD and the Patient's Compensation Fund v. The SUCCESSION OF Julia Rose HEDGEPETH, Jonathan D. Hedgepeth, Dr. Gerard Guerin, D.P.M. and Pacific Insurance.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied December 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry M. Roedel, Terry T. Dunlevy, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs—Appellants The Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board and the Patient's Compensation Fund.

Ron S. Macaluso, Hammond, for Defendants —Appellees Julia Rose Hedgepeth and Jonathan D. Hedgepeth.

Before: FOIL, FOGG, and GUIDRY, JJ.


FOGG, J.

The issue raised on appeal in this medical malpractice case is whether or not the Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board (the PCF Board) and the Patient's Compensation Fund (the Fund) are liable for interest paid on part of an adverse judgment which exceeded $100,000.00, when that sum was paid by the physician's medical malpractice insurer pursuant to its contract with the physician. The trial court held that the PCF Board and the Fund are required to...

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