Schulingkamp v. Ochsner Clinic

LGOTHARD, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action in 1989 for wrongful death and unauthorized organ harvesting on the body of Donald J. Schu-lingkamp, Jr. Several defendants were named in the suit including the coroner for Jefferson Parish, Dr. Robert Treuting. In 1995 Dr. Treuting, the only remaining defendant, obtained an order dismissing the case for failure to take action toward the prosecution of the case for a period of over five years pursuant to LSA C.C. P. art. 561. In 1998, the plaintiffs filed a motion to set aside the order of dismissal. In response, Dr. Treuting filed exceptions of…