Opinion
2023-CC-00540
06-07-2023
BOOKER SCC, LLC; BOSSIER SCC, LLC; BRADFORD SCC, LLC; COLONIAL SCC, LLC; RUSTON SCC, LLC; NORMANDIE SCC, LLC; SHREVEPORT SCC, LLC; AND SPRINGLAKE SCC, LLC v. DR. COURTNEY N. PHILLIPS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Louisiana Department of Health - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Number(s) 713601, Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2023 CW 0029;
Stay denied. Writ application denied.
JLW
SJC
JTG
WJC
JBM
PDG
Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.
Hughes, J., concurs.
A compromise must be in writing or made in open court on the record. A mandate must be in the same form as required for the thing authorized. An attorney must have written authority from the client to settle the client's claim. Discovery should be allowed to determine whether the attorney had written authorization from the client to settle the claim.