Williams v. State, Dept. of Health & Hospitals

671 So.2d 899 (1996)

Christina N. and Joseph P. WILLIAMS, et al.

v.

STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, et al.

No. 95-CA-0713.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 26, 1996.

Charles T. Williams, Jr., Robert W. Stratton, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, John E. Baker, for Applicant.

Lawrence J. Smith, Pamela M. West, for Respondent.

Lawrence S. Kullman, for Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (amicus curiae).

JOHNSON, Justice.[1]

This matter comes before the court as a direct appeal from a trial judge's determination that La.R.S. 40:1299.39 which establishes a limitation on the…