Legal Opinion
Woods v. Cousins
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 16, 2012No. 12-CA-100PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.
Lin this medical malpractice action, plaintiff seeks review of the trial court’s ruling sustaining defendant’s exception of prescription. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.
Procedural History
On October 15, 2010, Harold Woods filed a request for a medical review panel, alleging that his ophthalmologist, Dr. Gwen Cousins, failed to adhere to the requisite standard of care in treating his detached retina, which significantly compromised his chances of regaining vision in the affected eye. On October 3, 2011, Dr. Cousins filed, in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial Dis*978trict…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Campo v. CorreaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
- Holmes v. HendricksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- In Re Medical Review Panel, Claim of MosesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
- Tranum v. HebertLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- Perritt v. DonaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
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