Salvant v. State, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University

h JONES, J.

The plaintiffs/appellants, Christy Sal-vant, as mother and natural tutrix of the minor child Shawn Lewis Jr., and his father, Shawn Lewis Sr., seek review of a district court judgment which dismissed the appellants’ medical malpractice suit with prejudice. We reverse.

Statement of the Facts

This is a medical malpractice action arising out of the birth delivery of Shawn Lewis, Jr., on July 31, 1998, at the University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The defendants are the State of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana Agricultural and Mechanical College, the…