Schulingkamp ex rel. Schulingkamp v. Ochsner Clinic

| .PER CURIAM.

On application of the plaintiffs, we granted writs in this case intending to address an issue resolved differently by two appellate courts. That issue was whether a medical malpractice plaintiff may file a request for a medical review panel at any time during the pendency of a suit against tort defendants who were alleged to be solidarily liable with the medical malpractice defendants against whom the request is filed. The plaintiffs argued in their writ application that the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal’s finding in this case,1 that their medical malpractice claim had…