Boutte v. Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 1

|3ROBERT L. LOBRANO Judge Pro Tem.

This case arises from a petition for damages brought by Daniel Boutte, and his wife and children, alleging that Mr. Boutte contracted the Hepatitis C virus from a blood transfusion he received from the respondent, Hotel Dieu Hospital. Appellant, Daniel Boutte, appeals the trial court’s grant of the Appellee, Hotel Dieu’s, exception of prescription. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand to the trial court.

*1189 FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On September 27, 1995, Daniel Boutte was diagnosed with the Hepatitis C virus. Mr. Boutte was told that the likely…