Legal Opinion
Whitley v. State Ex Rel. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University Agricultural Mechanical College Ex Rel. Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans-University Campus
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 1, 2011No. 2011-CC-0040PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIMER, Justice.
| ,The issue to be resolved is whether it is sufficient to serve with citation only the head of a state agency or whether it is necessary to also serve the attorney general and the office of risk management in a tort action against a state agency. Specifically, this matter is before the court for a determination of whether the plaintiffs request for service and citation within 90 days from the commencement of this tort suit on only the head of the state agency satisfied the requirements of LSA-R.S. 13:5107 and LSA-R.S. 39:1538. For the reasons that follow, we find that the…
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