JOHNSON v. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

No. 12-586.

104 So.3d 726 (2012)

Lela JOHNSON v. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN LAFAYETTE, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General, Jude D. Bourque , Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, State of Louisiana, Board of Supervisor of LSU for University Medical Center, The State Public Healthcare Providers, Dr. Brytton Baker Eldridge.

Ivan A. Orihuela , Riguer Silva, L.L.C., Kenner, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Lela Johnson.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, J. DAVID PAINTER, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


PETERS, J.

The plaintiff in this medical malpractice case, Lela Johnson, had previously sought and obtained a grant of an appeal of the trial court judgment dismissing her claim against the University Medical Center in Lafayette and the Medical Center of Louisiana in New Orleans. When she failed to timely pay the estimated costs of that appeal, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss her appeal as abandoned. The trial court...

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