COLVIN v. LA. PATIENTS COMP. OVERSIGHT BD.

Nos. 40,903-CA, 40,904-CA.

927 So.2d 1229 (2006)

Tonya A. COLVIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA PATIENTS COMPENSATION OVERSIGHT BOARD, Defendants-Appellees. Thomas Miller, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louisiana Patients Compensation Oversight Board, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson & Hammons, by John L. Hammons, Cornell R. Flournoy, and Frank M. Ferrell, Shreveport, for Appellants.

Louisiana Department of Justice, by Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Jerald L. Perlman, Asst. Attorney General, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, by Carlton Jones, III, Larry M. Roedel, Baton Rouge, for Appellees.

Before PEATROSS, DREW & MOORE, JJ.


PEATROSS, J.

These consolidated cases began as medical malpractice actions, wherein the respective plaintiffs, Tonya Colvin and Thomas Miller, settled with the healthcare providers for the statutory maximum of $100,000 and reserved their rights against the Patient's Compensation Fund for damages. The underlying medical malpractice actions were properly filed in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Subsequently, Colvin and Miller filed...

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