Lorraine Lacroix v. Charles T. Coleman, DDS, Charles T. Coleman, DMD, A Professional Dental Corporation and ABC Insurance Company ( 2020 )

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 195La. 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.
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
DEPUTY ULERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT