KEATING v. VAN DEVENTER

No. 2014 CA 0157.

153 So.3d 1200 (2014)

Clyde KEATING and Carol Keating v. Paul VAN DEVENTER, M.D., John Kessels, M.D., and St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Talley , Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants Clyde Keating and Carol Keating.

Craig J. Robichaux , Jocelyn R. Guidry , Mandeville, LA, for Defendant/Appellee Paul Van Deventer, M.D.

Jon Van Steeris , Klint E. Beckendorf , Katy B. Kennedy , Covington, LA for Defendant/Appellee St. Tammany Parish Hospital Clinic for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine.

Deborah Deo Gracias Trahan , Emily G. Couvillon , Covington, LA, for Defendant/Appellee John Kessels, M.D.

Before GUIDRY, THERIOT, and DRAKE, JJ.


In this appeal, the plaintiffs sued for damages in district court after the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund ("PCF") dismissed their medical malpractice claims for failure to appoint an attorney chairperson to the medical review panel ("MRP") within the requisite one year timeframe. The defendants filed dilatory exceptions of prematurity...

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