LANDERS v. IHS OF SHREVEPORT

No. 39,739-CA.

903 So.2d 609 (2005)

Gwendolyn LANDERS and Callie Landers, Individually and on Behalf of their Mother, Annie Landers, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES OF SHREVEPORT d/b/a IHS Shreveport Nursing Home, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Reese by Robert L. Bonnaffons, Robert Markle, Stefini W. Salles, New Orleans, for Defendants Appellants Integrated Health Services of Shreveport and IHS Shreveport Nursing Home.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Deborah S. Baukman, Shreveport, for Intervenor Appellee Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America.

Georgia P. Kosmitis, Shreveport, Julia E. Blewer, for Plaintiffs Appellees Gwendolyn Landers, Callie Landers and Annie Landers.

Pugh, Pugh & Pugh by Robert G. Pugh, Jr., Shreveport, for Defendant Appellee Thomas Reilly, M.D.

Before STEWART, PEATROSS and LOLLEY, JJ.


STEWART, J.

Integrated Health Services (IHS) of Shreveport appeals the trial court's denial of its exception of prematurity by determining that the parties' contractual dispute did not have to be submitted to an arbitration panel before proceeding to trial. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.

FACTS

Annie Landers was admitted to IHS' Shreveport Nursing facility on two separate occasions. She was first admitted in...

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