Legal Opinion
Matranga v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 20, 2006No. Nos. 2006-CA-0604, 2006-CA-0605PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES R. JONES, Judge.
hThe Appellant/Intervenor seeks review of an adverse district court judgment, which denied her request to be added as co-plaintiff in a medical malpractice action because the prescriptive period to file her claim had run. We Reverse.
*263This appeal arises from a medical malpractice action brought by Joseph Matran-ga, III, the father of Joshua Matranga. The suit alleges improper treatment of Joshua, who was brought to Children’s Hospital on July 28, 1999, and died eight days later on July 31,1999.
Mr. Matranga and the Appellant, Jodi Caronna, were married in 1979. Three…
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