Bonano v. Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 2

On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Parish of Jefferson. PER CURIAM.

The court of appeal erred in reversing the trial court’s granting of plaintiffs’ motion to strike the jury in this action for excess damages by plaintiffs against the Louisiana Patient Compensation Fund. The status of the Fund after a settlement between the claimant and the health care provider is in the nature of a statutory intervenor in that it is a third person who has an interest in the proceedings between the claimant and the health care provider because any damages in excess of $100,000 are…