LANE MEMORIAL HOSP. v. WATSON

No. 98 CW 0273.

734 So.2d 28 (1999)

LANE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. Thomas WATSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writs Granted May 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Champagne, Baton Rouge, LA, for relator, Lane Memorial Hospital.

Eulis Simien, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for respondent, Thomas Watson.

Daniel A. Reed, Baton Rouge, LA, for Dr. Baron Williamson.

BEFORE: CARTER, C.J., SHORTESS and WHIPPLE, JJ.


WHIPPLE, J.

This issue presented herein is whether a petition for damages for medical malpractice may be filed in a pending discovery proceeding initiated in conjunction with a medical malpractice complaint submitted to a medical review panel. The trial court denied exceptions of nonconformity and improper cumulation of actions filed in response to such a petition for damages. Having concluded that the trial court was correct in its ruling, we deny relators' writ...

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