Legal Opinion
Velasquez v. Chesson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 8, 2014No. 2013-CA-1260PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS, Judge.
bin this medical malpractice suit, plaintiff appeals the trial court judgment dismissing her claims for failure to request service within ninety days of filing the petition, as required by La. R.S. lJ^lOT.1 For the reasons that follow, we find the trial court did not err in sustaining defendant’s exception of insufficiency of service of process and dismissing plaintiffs suit for failure to show good cause as to why service had not been requested.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
■ Plaintiff, Mirna Velasquez, filed a formal complaint with the State of Louisiana…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- 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 CampusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
- Barnett v. University Medical CenterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
- Roper v. DaileySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- Tranchant v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
- Johnson v. UNIV. MEDICAL CTR. IN LAFAYETTESupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Donna Brown v. Ralph Chesson, M.D.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2020
- Donna M. Gilly, Wife of/and Kurt Kleindienst Versus James E. Ricciardi, M.D., Lsu Healthcare Network and Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical CollegeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2022
- Jamal Wright v. the State of Louisiana on Behalf of Jamie Alleyn, M.D., Ashley Van Wormer, M.D., Monique Sutherland, M.D., Megan Bina, D.O. and Ashely M Hirsch, M.D.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2020
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