Talbert v. Louisiana State Board of Nursing

| FITZSIMMONS, J.,

dissenting with reasons.

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s determination that the quasi-judicial immunity of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing entitles it to “absolute immunity as to claims for money damages based upon a wrongful administrative adjudication.” Louisiana Revised Statute 37:931 states in part:

B. There shall be no liability on the part of and no action for damages against any member of the board, its officers, employees, agents, or representatives for any action undertaken or performed by such individual within the scope of the duties, powers, and…