Williams v. Golden

WARD, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Cheryl and Samuel Williams, appeal a trial court judgment which sustained Dr. David A. Golden’s exception of prematurity. This judgment was based on the trial court’s finding that Dr. Golden was covered by the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act. If this finding is correct then the trial court correctly ruled that the suit was premature because the *714Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act requires that plaintiffs must first submit claims for medical malpractice to a panel of medical experts before they can file a lawsuit in district court. We reverse, because & health care…