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OLIVER v. MAGNOLIA CLINIC

Nos. 2011-C-2132, 2011-C-2139, 2011-C-2142.

85 So.3d 39 (2012)

Joe OLIVER, et al. v. MAGNOLIA CLINIC, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, L. Paul Foreman , Lake Charles, LA, for Applicant (No. 2011-C-2132).

James D. Caldwell , Attorney General, John Elliott Baker , Irving Hirsch Koch , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Nadia Marie de la Houssaye , Lafayette, LA, The Townsley Law Firm, Marcus Paul LaCombe , Todd A. Townsley , David L. Sigler & Associates, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, Cade Richard Cole , for Respondent (No. 2011-C-2132).

James D. Caldwell , Attorney General, Irving Hirsch Koch , John Elliott Baker , Special Assistant Attorneys General, for Applicant (No. 2011-C-2139).

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Nadia Marie de la Houssaye , Lafayette, LA, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, L. Paul Foreman , The Townsley Law Firm, Marcus Paul LaCombe , Todd A. Townsley , David L. Sigler & Associates, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, Cade Richard Cole , for Respondent (No. 2011-C-2139).

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Nadia Marie de la Houssaye , Lafayette, LA, for Applicant (No. 2011-C-2142).

James D. Caldwell , Attorney General, Irving Hirsch Koch , John Elliott Baker , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, L. Paul Foreman , The Townsley Law Firm, Todd A. Townsley , Marcus Paul LaCombe , David L. Sigler & Associates, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, Cade Richard Cole , for Respondent (No. 2011-C-2142).

CLARK, Justice.

We granted these consolidated writ applications to address the majority opinion of the court of appeal which held the medical malpractice cap enunciated in La.R.S. 40:1299.42(B) is unconstitutional "to the extent it includes nurse practitioners within its ambit." We reiterate our holding in Butler v. Flint Goodrich Hospital of Dillard University, 607 So.2d 517 (La.1992), cert. denied, 508 U.S. 909,...

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