Case ID: so2d_590/html/0071-03.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      LEMMON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Philip H. CREECH, M.D. v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
    No. 91-C-2455.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 13, 1991.
    Rehearing Denied Jan. 6, 1992.
   In re Creech, Philip H., M.D.; — Plaintiffs); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Nos. 91CA-0277, 91CA-0278; Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court, Div. “I”, Nos. 89-13544, 89-14356.

Granted. Court judgments reversed. Board determination vacated. Remanded to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners for a new hearing and determination after granting relator a reasonable opportunity to employ a new attorney and prepare for the hearing.

LEMMON, J.,

concurs. When the Board chose to allow relator’s counsel to withdraw, fundamental fairness required the Board to allow relator a reasonable amount of time to obtain new counsel before the hearing.