WHITEHEAD v. CHRISTUS HEALTH

CA 21-764.

344 So.3d 91 (2022)

Mathew WHITEHEAD, et al. v. CHRISTUS HEALTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lewis Bussey , Bussey & Lauve, P. O. Box 8778, Alexandria, LA 71306, (318) 449-1937, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.

David Richard Sobel , Mary Katherine Price , Faircloth Melton Sobel & Bash, LLC, 105 Yorktown Drive, Alexandria, LA 71303, (318) 619-7755, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Marcus R. Brown, M.D., Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine of Louisiana, Inc.

Todd A. Townsley , Hannah E. Mayeaux , The Townsley Law Firm, 3102 Enterprise Blvd., Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 478-1400, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: Mathew Whitehead, Mathew Whitehead, as Tutor of Caffrey Lane Whitehead, Courtney Whitehead.

Brandon A. Sues , Sarah Spruill Couvillon , Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, P. O. Box 6118, Alexandria, LA 71307-6118, (318) 445-6471, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Christus Health Central Louisiana d/b/a Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital.

J. Michael Veron , Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC, 721 Kirby Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 310-1600, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Christus Health Central Louisiana d/b/a Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital.

Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Chief Judge, Billy Howard Ezell, and D. Kent Savoie, Judges.


The res nova issue presented by this appeal is whether a medical malpractice claim against a qualified health care provider must still go before a medical review panel in accordance with the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act when a public health emergency has been declared pursuant to the...

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