Garner v. Lizana
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.
|Jn this legal malpractice action, plaintiff, Diane Garner, appeals a trial court judgment granting an exception of per-emption filed by defendants, Bruce Lizana and the Law Office of Bruce H. Lizana, P.L.C. (“the Lizana defendants”), and dismissing her lawsuit. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court judgment under review and remand this matter to the trial court for further proceedings.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In April of 2004, Diane Garner underwent back surgery at Kenner Regional Medical Center. When Ms. Garner was released from the hospital, La…
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