STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT BOOKER SCC, LLC; BOSSTER NO. 2025 CW 0921 SCC, LLC; BRADFORD SCC, LLC; COLONIAL SCC, LLC; RUSTON SCC, LLC; NORMANDIE SCC, LLC; SHREVEPORT SCC, LLC; AND SPRINGLAKE SCC, LLC VERSUS DR. COURTNEY N. PHILLIPS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE LOUISIANA DECEMBER 11, 2025 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Tn Re: Louisiana Department of Health, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 713,601.

BEFORE : THERIOT, PENZATO, AND BALFOUR, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The portion of the trial court’s July 22, 2025 judgment, which held that it is the burden of the Louisiana Department of Health “to establish by a preponderance of the evidence its defense of lack of authorization” for settlement is hereby vacated. A summary judgment may be rendered or affirmed only as to those issues set forth in the motion under consideration by the court at that time. La. Code Civ. P. art. 966(F). Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment specifically sought only dismissal of the Louisiana Department of Health’s “affirmative defense of Michelle Christopher’s lack of settlement authority” with prejudice. In all other respects, the writ is denied.

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