Legal Opinion
Garrison v. St. Charles General Hospital
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 17, 2003No. Nos. 2002-C-1430, 2002-C-1431, 2002-C-1446, 2002-C-1454, 2002-C-1460PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge.
The sole issue presented to us in these consolidated writ applications is whether, as to certain defendants as to whom it has been determined that venue is improper, the case should be transferred to proper venues or, instead, dismissed without prejudice. This seemingly routine procedural issue is fraught with weighty substantive consequences because the present case involves alleged liability as to blood transfusions. Apparently, the defendants seek dismissal, even without prejudice, because they believe that two statutes as to blood transfusions enacted in…
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