Plaintiffs Prevail Re Ochsner's Exception of Prematurity

This morning, we received the Court’s judgment denying Ochsner’s exception of prematurity. The effect of the judgment is threefold: Plaintiffs are not required to present their claims to a medical review panel, Plaintiffs’ claims are not limited to $500,000, and Plaintiffs whose embryos were mishandled prior to August 2006 are NOT precluded from pursuing their claims under the LMMA’s statute of limitations!

We expect that Ochsner will appeal this ruling.