KING v. DOCTOR'S HOSP. OF OPELOUSAS

No. 01-1534.

817 So.2d 473 (2002)

Wyleah KING v. DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL OF OPELOUSAS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Bernard, Jr., Oats & Hudson, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor/Appellee Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund.

Jarvis J. Claiborne, Opelousas, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant Wyleah King.

Jacques E. deMoss, Durio, McGoffin & Stagg, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee Doctor's Hospital of Opelousas.

Court composed of HENRY L. YELVERTON, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.


PETERS, J.

This appeal arises out of a judgment declaring null a previously rendered amended judgment signed in connection with a settlement in a medical malpractice case. For the following reasons, we reverse.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

On August 18, 1999, Wyleah King filed a medical malpractice complaint with the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board, asserting a claim against Doctor's Hospital of Opelousas (Doctor's Hospital). Subsequently...

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