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Charity closing suit to be heard in B.R.

Former patients say LSU board broke law

Oct. 21, 2009 – After sitting on the question for the better part of the year, the Louisiana Supreme Court has handed the Louisiana State University System a legal victory, ruling that a lawsuit challenging the closing of Charity Hospital must be heard in East Baton Rouge Parish.

A group of New Orleans lawyers, all working pro bono on behalf of seven former Charity patients, originally filed the suit in January 2008 asking the Orleans Parish court to order the reopening of the giant hospital or mandate that the state replace it with equivalent services.

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