Opinion
2023 CA 0891
07-02-2024
ROBIN OLDENBURG, WIFE OF/AND GAIR OLDENBURG v. MOHAMED ELKERSH, M.D. AND ADVANCED PAIN INSTITUTE TREATMENT CENTER, LLC AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND/OR STAFF
Katie Lewis Hebert, Amanda K. Hamm, James A. Marchand, Jr., Frank E. St. Phillip, II Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees Robin Oldenburg, wife of/and Gair Oldenburg Keith C. Armstrong, Joseph R. Dronet Counsel for Intervenors-2nd Appellants Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund and Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board Tonya Kilpatrick Gallaspy, Harry J. Philips, Jr., Ann Michelle Halphen, Amy Collier Lambert, Shelby G. LaPlante, Savannah W. Smith Counsel for Defendant-Appellant Mohamed Elkersh, M.D.
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
ON APPEAL FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA, STATE OF LOUISIANA NUMBER 2015-0002245, DIVISION C HONORABLE ERIKA SLEDGE, JUDGE
Katie Lewis Hebert, Amanda K. Hamm, James A. Marchand, Jr., Frank E. St. Phillip, II Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees Robin Oldenburg, wife of/and Gair Oldenburg
Keith C. Armstrong, Joseph R. Dronet Counsel for Intervenors-2nd Appellants Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund and Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board
Tonya Kilpatrick Gallaspy, Harry J. Philips, Jr., Ann Michelle Halphen, Amy Collier Lambert, Shelby G. LaPlante, Savannah W. Smith Counsel for Defendant-Appellant Mohamed Elkersh, M.D.
BEFORE: GUIDRY, C.J., CHUTZ, AND LANIER, JJ.
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. 1st 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 $31,618.66 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.