Robin Oldenburg, wife of/and Gair Oldenburg v. Mohamed Elkersh, M.D. and Advanced Pain Institute Treatment Center, LLC and its employees, agent and/or staff

• Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
• Decided: July 2, 2024
• Docket: 2023CA0891
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL FIRST CIRCUIT wn ‘ 2023 CA 0891 ROBIN OLDENBURG, WIFE OF/AND GAIR OLDENBURG s Ky “) VERSUS 4 MOHAMED ELKERSH, M.D. AND ADVANCED PAIN INSTITUTE Cob, TREATMENT CENTER, LLC AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND/OR 474 STAFF th, poy DATE OF JUDGMENT: JUL 02 2024 ON APPEAL FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA, STATE OF LOUISIANA NUMBER 2015-0002245, DIVISION C HONORABLE ERIKA SLEDGE, JUDGE * RK KK & Katie Lewis Hebert Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees Amanda K. Hamm Robin Oldenburg, wife of/and James A. Marchand, Jr. Gair Oldenburg Frank E. St. Phillip, If Covington, Louisiana Keith C. Armstrong Counsel for Intervenors-2nd Appellants Joseph R. Dronet Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Baton Rouge, Louisiana Fund and Louisiana Patient’s

Compensation Fund Oversight Board

Tonya Kilpatrick Gallaspy Counsel for Defendant-Appellant Metairie, Louisiana Mohamed Elkersh, M.D.

Harry J. Philips, Jr. Ann Michelle Halphen Amy Collier Lambert Shelby G. LaPlante Savannah W. Smith

Baton Rouge, Louisiana KK KOR OK

BEFORE: GUIDRY, C.J., CHUTZ, AND LANIER, JJ.

Disposition: AFFIRMED. CHUTZ, J.

Defendant-appellant, Dr. Mohamed Elkersh, and intervenors-appellants, the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund (PCF) and the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Oversight Board, have filed this “protective appeal,” asking that this court reverse or modify the trial court’s judgment awarding costs in the amount of $31,618.66 to plaintiffs-appellees, Robin and Gair Oldenburg, if this court reversed or modified the trial court’s September 2, 2022 judgment that awarded $500,000.00 in total general damages to the Oldenburgs, which judgment was the subject of a companion appeal. See Oldenburg v. Elkersh, 2023-0890 (La. App. Ist Cir. --/--/--), --- So.3d ---- (also rendered this day). Because we have affirmed the trial court’s September 2, 2022 judgment, we find no merit in this appeal. Therefore, the trial court’s judgment, awarding costs in the amount of $3 1,618.66 to the Oldenburgs, is affirmed. Costs of this appeal in the amount of $8,068.00 are assessed one-half to defendant-appellant, Dr. Elkersh, and one-half to intervenors-appellants, the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund and the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Oversight Board.

AFFIRMED.