Mouton v. White

JiDECUIR, Judge.

Dr. Calvin White, defendant in this medical malpractice action, appeals the judgment of the trial court overruling his peremptory exception of prescription. Finding no manifest error in the factual conclusions reached by the trial court, we affirm.

Plaintiffs are the husband and adult children of Charlotte Mouton, a fifty-one year old teacher who died from a pulmonary thromboembolism three days after a minor hernia operation. Mrs. Mouton was hospitalized on February 20, 1992 for the surgical repair of a hernia. The surgery was uneventful, and she was discharged the following…