Grondie v. Board of Supervisors

LOBRANO, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a lawsuit filed by Ruth and David Strickland against the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry and Drs. David Durham and Michael Kennibrew. Appellants allege that Mrs. Strickland was administered the drug, vali-um, in preparation for extraction of her wisdom teeth on October 10, 1979 and lost consciousness and suffered brain damage as a result.

On October 7, 1980, a First Supplemental and Amending Petition was filed naming as defendant, Hoffman-LaRoche as the manufacturer of valium. A second supplemental and amending petition was filed on May…