St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. v. Doody Group, Inc.

In re St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home Inc.;—Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. L, No. 574-847; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 02-C-473.

Granted. The court of appeal erred in finding the judgment of the trial court compelling arbitration was final and ap-pealable. A judgment compelling arbitration is interlocutory in nature and not subject to an immediate appeal. Collins v. Prudential Ins. Co., 99-1423 at p. 6 (La.1/19/00), 752 So.2d 825, 829. Although supervisory relief may be appropriate under the…