DocketNumber: 2019CW0609
Filed Date: 11/25/2019
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 10/22/2024
STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT SERGIO TAPIA NO. 2019 CW 0609 VERSUS ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL, AND ITS ADMINISTRATORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES AND STAFF, NOV Z 5 2019 AND MARK DOMINGUEZ, M. D. In Re: St. Tammany Parish Hospital, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 2017- 14995. BEFORE: McDONALD, THERIOT, AND CHUTZ, JJ. WRIT GRANTED. The plaintiff' s claims that the relator, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, failed to take action to prevent Dr. Mark Dominguez from operating on hospital patients involves the relator' s " training and supervision of health care providers" and therefore those claims sound in medical malpractice. See Matranga v. Par. Anesthesia of Jefferson, LLC, 2017- 73 ( La. App. 5th Cir. 8/ 29/ 18),254 So. 3d 1238
, writ denied, 2018- 1561 ( La. 2/ 18/ 19),265 So. 3d 772
. Furthermore, even considering the plaintiff' s allegation that the relator " failed to establish by- law and rules regarding the credentialing of physicians, and/ or failed to follow the rules of by- laws in place," this case contains mixed allegations of negligent and credentialing negligent supervision, and the plaintiff was therefore required to submit his claims to a medical review panel prior to filing suit. See Billeaudeau v. Opelousas Gen. Auth., 2016- 0846 Hosp. La. 10/ 19/ 16) ,218 So. 3d 513
, 51. 9 n. 9( citing Plaisance v. Our Lady of Lourdes Reg11 Med. Ctr., Inc., 2010- 348 ( La. App. 3d Cir. 1016/ 10),47 So. 3d 17
, 21, writ denied, 2010-- 2520 ( La. 1/ 14/ 11),52 So. 3d 904
). The trial 19, 2019 court' s February judgment is reversed, the relator' s exception of prematurity is granted, and the plaintiff' s action against the relator is dismissed without prejudice. JMM MRT WRC COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT V DEPUTY LERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT