Morales v. State ex rel. Board of Supervisors ex rel. Earl K. Long Medical Center

The issue presented in this case is whether service upon a state entity is timely pursuant to La. R.S. 13:5107(D), where the request for service is made by facsimile filing within ninety days from the filing of the petition, but the facsimile filing is not perfected under La. R.S. 13:850 until five days later when the fees are paid. The district court granted defendants’ exception of insufficiency of service of process, and the court of appeal affirmed that determination on appeal. Plaintiffs now seek review of that judgment.

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