Legal Opinion
Givens v. Professional Nurses Home Health Services Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 1987No. CA/86/1645PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue to be determined on appeal is whether plaintiff’s cause of action has prescribed.
On April 24, 1985, Viola Givens was involved in an automobile accident with Evon Buchanan. On January 8, 1986, Givens filed suit against Buchanan and her insurer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, for damages sustained as a result of the accident. Thereafter, on July 31, 1986, Givens filed a separate suit against Professional Nurses Home Health Services, Inc., (hereafter PNHHS). In her petition plaintiff alleged as follows:
At all material times herein, Evon Buchanan was in the course and…
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