BALAKRISHNAN v. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

Nos. 2008-CA-0791, 2008-CA-0792.

4 So.3d 905 (2009)

Maya BALAKRISHNAN v. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN NEW ORLEANS, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College The State of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans v. Maya Balakrishnan.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Phipps, Evanthea P. Phipps, Phipps & Phipps, New Orleans, LA, for Maya Balakrishnan.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General, Scott G. Vincent, Assistant Attorney General, LA Dept. of Justice, Litigation Division, Baton Rouge, LA, for LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, the Board of Supervisors of LSU and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

(Court composed of Chief Judge Joan BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).


MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

Maya Balakrishnan, the plaintiff/appellant, filed suit against the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the defendants/appellees, seeking damages for alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 and for defamation. On 11 March 2008, the trial court rendered judgment, dismissing the 42 U.S.C. §...

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