Sanders v. Blunt

COVINGTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court sustaining an exception of prescription, and dismissing the plaintiffs’ action. The plaintiffs, Richard Sanders and his wife, Lena J. Sanders, have appealed devolutively. We affirm.

The basis for the dismissal was that more than one year had elapsed since the plaintiffs had knowledge of the existence of the cause of action. LSA-C.C. art. 3536.

This suit arises out of certain injuries allegedly sustained by Lena J. Sanders while she was undergoing the extraction of a lower wisdom tooth by the defendant, Matthew H. Blunt, an…