Milbert v. Answering Bureau, Inc.

CLARK, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari to determine whether a non-health care provider could be a joint tortfeasor with health care providers against whom a medical malpractice complaint had been filed, such that the suspension of prescription provisions of La. R.S. 40:1299.47(A)(2)(a) would apply to the filing of suit against the non-health care provider. Finding the clear language of the statute encompasses this circumstance, we reverse the lower courts’ rulings which granted and affirmed summary judgment on the issue of prescription in favor of the defendant. Accordingly, we…