Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2016

Bailey v. Knatt

Bailey v. Knatt
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided October 10, 2016
207 So. 3d 407; 2016 La. LEXIS 1873 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Bailey v. Knatt

Opinion of the Court

Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. F, No. 628886; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2016 CW 0043.

| granted. Plaintiffs claim based on the loss of the chance of a better outcome is a theory of recovery arising from the same transaction or occurrence as her other claims and is not a separate cause of action. See Everything on Wheels Subaru, Inc. v. Subaru South, Inc., 616 So.2d 1234 (La. 1993). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case remanded for further proceedings.

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