Jenkins v. Washington & Wells, L.L.C.

BROWN, Chief Judge.

| |This is a legal malpractice action. Plaintiffs question the attorney’s handling of the appeal of their medical malpractice case against Willis Knighton Medical Center. In that medical malpractice case, the trial court granted Willis Knighton’s motion for summary judgment on all claims except plaintiffs’ Lejeune claims. The supreme court in Lejeune v. Rayne Branch Hospital, 556 So.2d 559 (La.1990), held that Louisiana tort law provided, under certain circumstances, that certain classes of bystanders who witnessed physical injury to another were entitled to recover mental…