Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Tenet Health System Hospitals, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 1, 2002No. 2001-CA-2219PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
J^DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge.
Sandra and Joseph Lucas appeal a trial court judgment granting an exception of prescription brought by the defendant, The Blood Center. At issue is the trial court’s application of the three-year preemptive period set forth in La.R.S. 9:5628, which provides a special prescriptive period for medical malpractice actions, to the Lucas’ claim against The Blood Center. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand to trial court for trial.
FACTS
On January 24, 2000, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas filed a lawsuit against The Blood Center and Tenet Health System Hospitals,…
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