MARAIST v. ALTON OCHSNER MEDICAL FOUNDATION

No. 2002 CA 2677.

879 So.2d 815 (2004)

Melissa Cornes Maraist, Wife of/and Patrick Ellis MARAIST, Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Daughter, Brittany Maraist v. ALTON OCHSNER MEDICAL FOUNDATION, Ochsner Health Plan, Medical Center of Baton Rouge, Inc., Health Trust Options, Inc., d/b/a Health Trust Inc., Lois H. Gesn, M.D., Shaun M. Kemmerly, M.D. and David C. Kemp, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Widmann, Metairie, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant Melissa Cornes Maraist, wife of/and Patrick Ellis Maraist, individually and on behalf of their minor daughter, Brittany Maraist.

Stephanie Laborde, Covington, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund.

Before: FOIL, FITZSIMMONS, and GAIDRY, JJ.


GAIDRY, J.

This is an appeal from a district court judgment upholding an administrative adjudication by the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In February 1992, Brittany Maraist, daughter of plaintiffs, Melissa Comes Maraist and Patrick Ellis Maraist (the Maraists), suffered severe neurological injuries as the result of medical malpractice. The Maraists sued and...

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