Dauzat v. Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund

11 PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether prescription bars a petition for nullity filed by the plaintiff, Jeanette Dodge Dauzat, as natural tutrix of the minor child Candace Jenny Dauzat, some seven years after the judgment was signed. Agreeing with the trial court’s finding that the petition was prescribed, we affirm the trial court judgment granting the exception of prescription filed by the defendants, Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund and the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Oversight Board (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the PCF”).

Facts

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