Williams v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co.

11 DAVID S. GORBATY, Judge.

In this appeal, defendants urge that the trial judge erred in awarding damages to plaintiff and in denying their exception of prescription. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This medical malpractice case, which was filed on February 3,1997, arises out of the performance of a cholecystectomy by Dr. Gibson, a board-certified general surgeon, on Milezone Williams at United Medical Center on February 9, 1993. Two days later, Ms. Williams underwent a second remedial surgery to repair a complication in the nature of a Roux-en-y…