Massey v. G.B. Cooley Hospital for Retarded Citizens

LEMMON, Justice.*

The issue in this case is identical to the issue in a case handed down this day, Everything on Wheels Subaru, Inc. v. Subaru South, Inc., 616 So.2d 1234 (La.1993). The issue is whether a court may render a judgment partially maintaining an exception of no cause of action when the judgment adjudicates one or more, but less than all, of the demands or causes of action asserted against the excepting party.

Facts

Plaintiff filed a petition for damages against his employer alleging that plaintiff was wrongfully terminated and that the employer made defamatory statements about…