Legal Opinion
Medical Review Panel for the Claim of Abbott v. Louisiana State University Medical Center-Shreveport
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 27, 2002No. 35,693-CAPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
11 STEWART, Judge.
In this medical malpractice case, the trial court granted the exception of prescription filed by the defendant, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (“LSU Health Sciences Center”), formerly known as Louisiana State University Medical Center-Shreveport. For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTS
In early 1996, Tammy Joyce Abbott, a licensed practical nurse, went to see Dr. Wendy Bean to confirm that she was pregnant. Dr. Bean confirmed the pregnancy and also advised Ms. Abbott that she had detected a bruit, an abnormal sound heard through a stethoscope…
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