Tasha Payne v. St. Bernard Parish Hospital Service District

TASHA PAYNE, ET AL. * NO. 2021-CA-0135 VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL ST. BERNARD PARISH * FOURTH CIRCUIT HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT, ET AL. * STATE OF LOUISIANA * * ******* RML LEDET, J., DISSENTS WITH REASONS I would deny the applications for rehearing filed by the appellee-defendant, Ochsner Medical Clinic-Westbank (“Defendant”).1 Appellate jurisdiction hinges on a valid final judgment. A fundamental requirement of a valid final judgment is that it be “signed by the judge.” La. C.C.P. art. 1911. This article, however, provides that statutory exceptions may be created. One such exception—cited by…