McElveen v. Lejeune

An appeal may be taken from an interlocutory judgment which may cause irreparable injury. C.C.P. Art. 2083. When the error complained of in an appeal from an interlocutory judgment cannot as a practical matter be corrected in a subsequent appeal from the final judgment, then the injury is irreparable.

In the present case, plaintiff sought to have a court reporter transcribe the proceedings before the medical review panel in a malpractice case. When the trial judge denied plaintiffs request, plaintiff appealed. If plaintiff is entitled to have the proceeding transcribed and if the trial court…