St. Pe v. Neal

Louisiana Court of Appeal

St. Pe v. Neal

534 So. 2d 993, 1988 La. App. LEXIS 2641, 1988 WL 130760

CourtLouisiana Court of Appeal

DecidedDecember 9, 1988

DocketNo. 88-C-2368

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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St. Pe v. Neal, 534 So. 2d 993, 1988 La. App. LEXIS 2641, 1988 WL 130760 (La. Ct. App. 1988).

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Opinion

PLOTKIN, Judge.

Writ denied.

Plaintiff Ralph St. Pe, Jr. brought two claims, the first a worker’s compensation claim growing out of a February 12, 1986 injury and the second a tort claim growing out of a July 17, 1986 automobile accident. The claims involve a common issue of injury. The same physician treated the plaintiff following both injuries. The injuries received in the automobile accident allegedly either overlapped or aggravated the prior injuries.

' Louisiana favors consolidation of a single litigant’s multiple personal injury claims. La.C.C.P. art. 1561, Mundy v. Gentilly Oaks, 228 La. 509, 82 So.2d 849 (1955), Ardoyno v. Ungar, 352 So.2d 320 (La.App. [994]*9944th Cir.1977). This prevents injustice by allowing the causation and damage issues to be adjudicated before a single judge, achieves judicial economy and results in the reduction of transactional costs.

Accordingly, we find no abuse of discretion.

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