Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-22 22:05:49.132272+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:17.782329
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

            COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

HOSPITAL           SERVICE         DISTRICT                                                              NO.        2023       CW     0384
NO.    1    OF     THE       PARISH         OF
TERREBONNE,              STATE         OF
LOUISIANA

VERSUS

HOSPITAL           SERVICE         DISTRICT

NO.    3    OF     THE       PARISH         OF
LAFOURCHE,              STATE      OF                                                                          MAY           22,     2023
LOUISIANA           AND       THIBODAUX

REGIONAL           HEALTH         SYSTEM,          INC.

In    Re:           Hospital                Service            District                 No.      3       of      the          Parish         of

                    Lafourche,                    applying                   for        supervisory                   writs,               32nd
                    Judicial                District               Court,           Parish            of        Terrebonne,                 No.
                    195104.

BEFORE:             THERIOT,            CHUTZ,         AND         HESTER,          JJ.

           STAY     LIFTED;             WRIT        GRANTED.                      The     portion              of    the           April     6,
2023        judgment              that        granted               a        preliminary                 injunction                 against

defendants,              Hospital                Service            District              No.        3     of       the        Parish        of

Lafourche,               State          of       Louisiana,                   and       Thibodaux               Regional              Health

System,            Inc.,          is     reversed. "                    A     preliminary                  injunction                 is     an

interlocutory                    procedural            device                designed          to     preserve                the     status

quo    between            the      parties,            pending                a     determination                   on        the     merits

of    the     controversy."                   Singleton                 v.    East       Baton           Rouge       Parish           School
Board,        2022- 0667 (              La.        App.        1st           Cir.        9/   16/ 22),          353           So. 3d       164,
176.          A    plaintiff                 seeking           a        preliminary                 injunction                 bears        the
burden        of    establishing a prima facie showing he will                                                                prevail        on

the    merits        and irreparable injury. Id. " Irreparable                                                                injury has
been         interpreted                 to        mean            loss            that         cannot              be        adequately
compensated                  in     money           damages                   or     measured                  by        apecuniary
standard."              Dale       v.    Louisiana                 Secretary              of     State,             2007- 2020 ( La.

App.        1st     Cir.          10/ 11/ 07),            971            So. 2d         1136,         1141.              Further, "           a

party who can be                    compensated                in money damages                           is not entitled to
injunctive               relief."             Conway           v.           Stratton,            434       So. 2d             1197,        1199
 La.        App.     1st         Cir.        1983).            We        find       plaintiff,                 Hospital             Service
District           No.       1    of    the       Parish           of        Terrebonne,                 State       of       Louisiana,

may     be        compensated                in    money            damages,                  thus,        it       has        not     shown

irreparable               injury.                 Accordingly,                     the        request           for          preliminary
injunction              is    denied.

                                                                    MRT

                                                                    WRC
                                                                    CHH

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