Lorraine Lacroix v. Charles T. Coleman, DDS, Charles T. Coleman, DMD, A Professional Dental Corporation and ABC Insurance Company

• Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
• Decided: September 3, 2020
• Docket: 2020CW0606, 2020CW0607
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

LORRAINE LACROIX NO. 2020 CW 0606

VERSUS CONSOLIDATED WITH

DR. CHARLES T. COLEMAN, DDS, NO. 2020 CW 0607 CHARLES T. COLEMAN, DMD, A

PROFESSIONAL DENTAL CORPORTAION, AND ABC SEPTEMBER 03, 2020 INSURANCE COMPANY

In Re: Charles T. Coleman, DMD, A Professional Dental

Corporation and Charles T. Coleman., DDS, applying for

writs, 19th Judicial District Court, supervisory Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 657418.

BEFORE: McDONALD, THERIOT, AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court' s March 5, 2020 judgment is a final, appealable judgment. See Pertuit v.

LeBlanc, 216 So. 2d 863, 865 ( La. App. 2d Cir. 1968); and

Williams Wendy' s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, v. Inc., 503 So. 2d 137 ( La. App. 5th Cir. 1987). Thus, the writ application is granted for the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the district court with instructions to grant appeals to defendants, Charles T. Coleman, DDS and Charles T. Coleman, DMD, A

Professional Dental Corporation, pursuant to the notices of

intent to seek supervisory writs tiled on March 19, 2020 and

March 16, 2020, respectively. See In Re Howard, 541 So. 2d 195 La. 1989) ( per curiam). In the event defendants seek to appeal the district court' s judgment, they shall submit an order for appeal to the trial court within thirty days of this court' s

order. Additionally, a copy of this court' s order is to be

included in the appellate record.

JMM WRC

Theriot, J., dissents and would deny the writ.

DEPUTY ULERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT