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LeBLANC v. THOMAS

No. 2008-CC-2869.

23 So.3d 241 (2009)

Melvin LeBLANC, Naomi Faulkin, Lucille Moore, Ronald Newman, Delilah Hall, Marlene Dumas, and Betty Washington v. Dwayne THOMAS, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, Dr. Larry Hollier, Chancellor, LSU Health Sciences Center — New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center — New Orleans, and Dr. Michael K. Butler, Acting Chief Executive Officer, LSU Health Care Services Division.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Philips, LLP, Harry Joseph Philips, Jr., Baton Rouge, William Shelby McKenzie, Kati Desrouleaux, Tom Samuel Easterly, Preston Joseph Castille, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

Tracie L. Washington, Thomas Welch Milliner, New Orleans, William Patrick Quigley, Calvin Johnson, The Jupiter Law Firm, Steven Mark Jupiter, New Orleans, Rosenfeld & Rafik, P.C., Stephen Rosenfeld, Hagens, Berman, Sobol & Shapiro, LLP, Leonard W. Aragon, for Respondent.

JOHNSON, Justice.1

We granted this writ application to address the proper venue and the application of LSA-R.S. 13:5104 in a suit where a state agency is no longer a party to the lawsuit. Initially, the Plaintiffs filed suit against several Defendants,2 who allegedly closed the state hospital in New Orleans, known locally as Avery C. Alexander Charity Hospital of New Orleans ("Charity Hospital"), without seeking...

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