CEASAR v. BARRY

No. 99-01733.

772 So.2d 331 (2000)

Adam CEASAR Sr., et al. v. Dr. Richard J. BARRY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Cappel, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

Peter T. Dazzio, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Dr. Richard J. Barry, et al.

Robert W. Stratton, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Adam Ceasar Sr., et al.

Michael Keith Prudhomme, Woodley, Williams, Boudreau, Norman & Brown, L.L.P., Lake Charles, LA, Milo Nickel, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for LA. Patients' Compensation Fund.

(Court composed of Judge JOHN D. SAUNDERS, Judge OSWALD A. DECUIR, Judge MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judge GLENN B. GREMILLION, and Judge ELIZABETH A. PICKETT.)


DECUIR, Judge.

This appeal raises the question of whether actual receipt of $100,000 is necessary to trigger application of the statutory admission of liability in the medical malpractice scheme.

Adam and Elvia Ceasar filed suit against Dr. Richard Barry, his insurer, Physicians National Risk Retention Group (PNRRG), and Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for alleged malpractice in the prenatal care provided to Elvia and in the delivery and birth of their minor...

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