Legal Opinion
Fontenot v. ABC Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 7, 1996No. 95-C-1707PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
674 So.2d 960 (1996)
Joseph B. FONTENOT and Earlene S. Fontenot
v.
ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.
No. 95-C-1707.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 7, 1996.
J.J. McKernan, John H. Smith, for Applicants.
Katherine Aline Pavy, Mark W. Judice, Juneau, Judice, Hill & Adley; Deborah DEo Gracias Trahan, for Respondents.
JOHNSON, Justice[*].
We granted certiorari to determine whether a physician exhibited conduct which triggered the application of the equitable doctrine contra non valentem, so as to suspend the running or accrual of prescription in this medical malpractice action.[1] The court of appeal ruled…
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