Charles Richardson v. Nurse Practitioner Karla Bringedahl; and State of Louisiana through Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Dixon Correctional Institute

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

CHARLES RICHARDSON NO. 2019 CW 0498

VERSUS

NURSE PRACTITIONER KARLA
BRINGEDAHL, AND STATE OF
LOUISIANA THROUGH LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CORRECTIONS DIXON AUG 19 2019
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE

In Re: Nurse Practitioner Karla Bringedahl and State of
Louisiana through Louisiana Department of Public
Safety and Corrections, Dixon Correctional Institute,
applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District
Court, Parish of East Feliciana, No. 45377.

BEFORE: WELCH, HOLDRIDGE, AND PENZATO, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The trial court' s March 18, 2019
judgment which denied the exception of
insufficiency of service
of process
filed by defendants, the State of Louisiana, through
the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Dixon
Correctional Institution, and Nurse Practitioner Karla
Bringedahl, is reversed. Plaintiff, Charles Richardson, did not
serve process on the Office of Risk Management as
La. R. S.
required by
39: 1538. See Dorsey v. Moses, 2018- 961 ( La. App. 3d
Cir. 4/ 10/ 19), 269 So. 3d 907. This matter is remanded to the
trial court with instructions to allow the plaintiff a

reasonable amount of time to serve process on the Office of Risk
Management as
required by La. R. S. 39: 1538. See La. Code Civ.
P. art. 923 ( A) .

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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