LONGWELL v. JEFFERSON HOSP. SERV. DIST. 1

No. 05-CA-324.

919 So.2d 736 (2005)

Karen Longwell and her Husband, Charles LONGWELL, and adult Daughter, of Karen Longwell, Jennifer Rodriguez v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 d/b/a West Jefferson Medical Center, Dr. Robert C. Dawson, III and Culicchia Neurological Clinic, L.L.C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Chris Christofferson, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Peter J. Butler, Jr., Peter J. Butler, Michael E. Luquet, Ralph T. Rabalais, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., CLARENCE E. McMANUS, and JAMES C. GULOTTA, Pro Tempore.


EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., Judge.

This is an appeal by Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 1, d/b/a West Jefferson Medical Center, defendant-appellant, from a partial summary judgment in favor of Karen Longwell, et al., plaintiffs-appellees, in this medical malpractice action. For the following reasons we hold that the judgment was improperly certified as appealable, and vacate the appeal.

The pertinent facts are as follows. Karen Longwell was diagnosed as...

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