Hammond ex rel. Estate of Tillman v. St. Francis Medical Center, Inc.

11 Plaintiff, Suzanne Hammond, on behalf of the Estate of her daughter Latousha Tillman, and on behalf of the minor child, Ladaizya D. Tillman, appeals the district court’s grant of an exception of prescription. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court’s ruling and remand this matter for further proceedings.

FACTS

On March 31, 2004, at approximately 11:35 p.m., the decedent, Latousha Tillman, presented to the emergency room at St. Francis Medical Center (“St. Francis”) in Monroe, Louisiana, complaining of pain, nausea and vomiting. At that time, Tillman was 25 years old and 23…