PLEASURE v. LOUISIANA ORGAN PROCUREMENT

Nos. 10-CA-294, 10-CA-295.

62 So.3d 163 (2011)

Karen PLEASURE v. LOUISIANA ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY (LOPA) Karen Pleasure. v. Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 1 d/b/a West Jefferson Medical Center (WJMC).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied April 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Gallagher, Jr. , Gallagher Law Firm, LLC, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Peter J. Butler, Jr. , Richard G. Passler , Michael C. Luquet , Lydia Habliston Toso , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, JUDE G. GRAVOIS, and ROBERT L. LOBRANO, Pro Tempore.


MARION F. EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff/appellant, Karen Pleasure (Mrs. Pleasure), appeals a judgment of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court granting an Exception of Prematurity filed by defendant/appellee, Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 1 d/b/a West Jefferson Medical Center (West Jefferson).

The lawsuit in question arises from the death of Mrs. Pleasure's spouse, Keith Pleasure. On February 8, 2008...

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