Earnest Williams (D) v. United Medical Healthcare Inc.
Earnest Williams (D) v. United Medical Healthcare Inc., No. 2025 CW 0381 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. June 16, 2025).
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Opinion text
Rodd Naquin
Clerk of Court
Docket Number: 2025 - CW - 0381
Earnest Williams (D), Et al
versus
Office Of The Clerk
Court of Appeal, First Circuit
State of Louisiana
www.la-feca.org
Notice of Judgment and Disposition
June 16, 2025
United Medical Healthcare Inc. d/b/a United Medical
Rehabilitation Hospital and Disc of Louisiana Holdings, LLC
d/b/a Disc of Louisiana, Inc.
TO:
Kelly M. Brian
1060 West Causeway Approz
Mandeville, LA 70471
Bert J. Miller
3421 N. Causeway Bivd.,
Suite 900
Metairie, LA 70002
bmiller@bluewilliams.com
Davida F. Packer
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2!
New Orleans, LA 70163
Paul A. Tabary Ill Esq.
Three Courthouse Square
Chalmette, LA 70043
Thomas C. Wicker IV
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2:
New Orleans, LA 70163
Guice Anthony Giambrone III
3421 N. Causeway Bivd.,
Suite 900
Mandeville, LA 70002
Vincent E. Odom
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2!
New Orleans, LA 70163
Michael S. Sepcich
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2!
New Orleans, LA
T. Carey Wicker Ill
CAPITELLI & WICKER
1100 Poydras St., Suite 2950
New Orleans, LA 701632950
tcw@capitelliandwicker.com
Hon. Brenda Bedsole Ricks
P. O. Box 788
Amite, LA 70422
VIA EMAIL
Post Office Box 4408
Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4408
(225) 382-3000
In accordance with Local Rule 6 of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, I hereby certify that this notice of judgment and
disposition and the attached disposition were transmitted this date to the trial judge or equivalent, all counsel of record,
and ail parties not represented by counsel.
CLERK OF COURT
STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
EARNEST WILLIAMS (D), ET AL NO. 2025 CW 0381
VERSUS
UNITED MEDICAL HEALTHCARE
INC. D/B/A UNITED MEDICAL
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND JUNE 16, 2025
DISC OF LOUISIANA HOLDINGS,
LLC D/B/A DISC OF LOUISIANA,
INC.
In Re: DISC of Louisiana Holdings, LLC, Diagnostic and
Interventional Spinal Care of Louisiana, Inc., and Dr.
Khader Samer Shamieh, applying for supervisory writs,
21st Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa, No.
20201288.
BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.
WRIT NOT CONSIDERED. This court requires a copy of the
district court’s minutes of the March 17, 2025 hearing on
plaintiffs’ motion to compel and a copy of the district court’s
reasons for judgment, which are required by Rules 4-5(C)(7) and
(10) of the Uniform Rules of Louisiana Courts of Appeal. In
addition, this court requires a transcript of the hearing and all
evidence introduced at the hearing at issue in this writ
application.
Supplementation of this writ application and/or an
application for rehearing will not be considered. Uniform Rules
of Louisiana Courts of Appeal, Rules 2-18.7 & 4-9.
In the event relators seek to file a new application with
this court, it must contain all pertinent documentation, including
a transcript from the March 17, 2025 hearing on the motion to
compel, and must comply with Rule 2-12.2 of the Uniform Rules of
Louisiana Courts of Appeal. Any new application must be filed on
or before July 16, 2025 and must contain a copy of this ruling.
HG
TPS
McClendon, C.J., dissents and would deny the writ. The
criteria set forth in Herlitz Const. Co., Inc. v. Hotel Investors
of New Iberia, Inc., 396 So.2d 878 (La. 1981) (per curiam) are not
met.
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT