Ferrara v. Starmed Staffing, LP

PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.

1 iThis is a medical malpractice suit. The plaintiffs, Carrie Ferrara and her two adult children, 1 seek review of the trial court’s judgment granting the exception of prescription filed by the defendants, Starmed Staffing, L.P. (“Starmed”) and its employee, L. Waddell, R.N. We reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Since the only issue presented on this appeal is prescription, the pertinent factual and procedural events are set forth in the following time line:

• February 13, 2001 — Ms. Ferrara was a patient at Tulane University Medical Center (“Tulane”) and had…