Case Name: Darrell COOPER, et al. v. Dr. John C. SAMS, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1993-09-24
Citations: 624 So. 2d 1210
Docket Number: No. 93-CC-2288
Parties: Darrell COOPER, et al. v. Dr. John C. SAMS, et al.
Judges: DENNIS, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 624
Pages: 1210–1210

Head Matter:
Darrell COOPER, et al. v. Dr. John C. SAMS, et al.
No. 93-CC-2288.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 24, 1993.

Opinion:
In re Louisiana Patient's Comp. Fund;— Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Rapides, Ninth Judicial District Court, Div. "B", No. 156,415; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW93-0001.
Granted. The judgment of the court of appeal dismissing Patient's Compensation Fund's suspensive appeal and converting the suspensive appeal without bond to a devolu-tive appeal is reversed. The district court judgment granting a suspensive appeal without bond is reinstated. Judicial notice is taken of Act 560, effective August 15, 1993, which dispenses with the need for Patient's Compensation Fund to post a bond in connection with a suspensive appeal. The statute is applicable on and after August 15, 1993, to judgments on which there has not been execution. The right to collect on a nonfinal judgment which is subject to being executed is not a substantive right that is perpetuated beyond the effective date of the change in the law.
DENNIS, J., not on panel.