A lawsuit that claims Louisiana officials illegally decided to keep Charity Hospital in New Orleans closed after Hurricane Katrina must be decided in Baton Rouge, the state Supreme Court ruled today. The people who filed the lawsuit want it tried in New Orleans. But state officials wanted it moved to Baton Rouge and the high court agreed. The court says the decision to keep the hospital closed was an administrative decision of an agency headquartered in Baton Rouge — the LSU Board of Supervisors; therefore, the case must be tried there. Plaintiffs had argued that the decision was actually made in New Orleans by the chancellor of the LSU Health Sciences Center and others. The plaintiffs say legislative approval was needed to shutter the hospital.
Court: Hospital closure suit belongs in B.R.
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