BRIDWELL v. PATIENTS' COMPENSATION FUND

No. 2003-C-0683.

847 So.2d 686 (2003)

Willie Kay BRIDWELL, et al. v. LOUISIANA PATIENTS' COMPENSATION FUND.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Shearman, Kevin D. Shearman, Shearman & Shearman, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Relators.

Jacqueline G. Griffith, Charles O. Taylor, Lydia Habliston Toso, Griffith, Battard & Taylor, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund & Oversight Board.

(Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III and Judge MAX N. TOBIAS Jr.).


JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge.

The plaintiffs-relators seek review of a trial court judgment granting defendant's motion to consolidate.

On January 21, 2000, William Bridwell slipped and fell, breaking his hip, while he was a patient at Tulane University Hospital and Clinic. Mr. Bridwell and his wife filed a complaint with the Patient's Compensation Fund (PCF) against Tulane. Tulane settled the suit for the statutory maximum. Thereafter, the Bridwells sued...

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