Legal Opinion
Giroir v. South Louisiana Medical Center, Division of Hospitals
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided September 10, 1985No. Nos. 84-C-1394, 85-C-1441PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Justice.
The main question presented is whether an amended petition, adding children as new plaintiffs in wrongful death and survival actions based on the death of their mother after prescription had run, relates back to the date of the filing of their father’s timely original petition. The trial court permitted the amended petition to relate back and after a trial awarded the father and children damages. The court of appeal, 453 So.2d 949, struck the children’s award, holding that their claims did not relate back and were time barred. We reverse as to the children’s claims and…
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