Verbois v. Taylor

| prescription in a medical malpractice action will not begin at the earliest indica*64tion that a patient may have suffered some wrong. For prescription to commence, the plaintiff' must be able- to .state a cause of action — both a wrongful act and resultant damages. Guitreau v. Kucharchuk, 99-2570 (La.5/16/00), 763 So.2d 575, 579-80; In re Med. Review Pan el ex rel. Rachal, 48,984 (La.App.2d Cir.6/25/14), 144 So.3d 1199, 1203, writ denied, 14-1887 (La.11/14/14), 152 So.3d 886. Prescription will not run as long as it was reasonable for the plaintiff not to recognize that his condition might be…