STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT JOHN ANTHONY ROBERTS, SR., NO. 2020 CW 0731 LISA MOSS ROBERTS AND JOHN ROBERTS, JR.

VERSUS

HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH D/ B/ A NORTH OAKS HEALTH JANUARY 21, 2021 SYSTEM AND/ OR NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER, LLC, NORTH OAKS ORTHOPAEDIC SPECIALTY CENTER

In Re: John Roberts, Jr., applying for supervisory writs, 21st Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa, No. 20160000432.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, MCDONALD, MCCLENDON, HOLDRIDGE, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The portion of the trial court' s March 26, 2020 judgment the for trial filed granting motion new by defendants, Hospital Service District No. 1 of Tangipahoa Parish d/ b/ a North Oaks Health System and/ or North Oaks Medical Center, LLC, North Oaks Orthopaedic Specialty Center, is reversed. The jury' s verdict was reasonable and supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence. Accordingly, the motion for new trial filed by the defendants is denied.

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McClendon, J., dissents and would not consider the writ. Since this writ application concerns post - trial motions following a trial on the merits, I would have requested that the relator provide the court with the tr..a'. transcript and copies of all documentary evidence admitted at the trial for a proper review and would have allowed an opportunity to file a new writ application with these items.

Holdr.idge, J., dissents and would deny the writ The trial court did not abuse her discretion in granting the new trial.

La. Code Civ. P. art. 1973.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT