HANKS v. SEALE

No. 2004-C-1485.

904 So.2d 662 (2005)

Randy HANKS, et al. v. Dr. A. Kent SEALE, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lundy & Davis, LLP, Michael Keith Prudhomme, Thomas Patrick LeBlanc, Lake Charles, Counsel for Applicant.

Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, L. Paul Foreman, Vamvoras & Schwartzberg, LLC, Glen D. Vamvoras, Rudie Ray Soileau, Jr., Lake Charles, Counsel for Respondent.


KIMBALL, Justice.

We granted certiorari primarily to consider the issue of whether the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund is allowed to appeal a trial court's judgment of liability against a qualified health care provider when the provider has opted to forego his statutory right to appeal the judgment of liability and has instead satisfied the judgment rendered against him by paying plaintiff the amount owed. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the Fund's...

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