LASSEIGNE v. EARL K. LONG HOSPITAL

No. 10344.

316 So.2d 761 (1975)

Hugh P. LASSEIGNE v. EARL K. LONG HOSPITAL et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Lasseigne, pro se.

Walter J. Horrell, Baton Rouge, for appellees.

Before LANDRY, BLANCHE and YELVERTON, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

This case comes to us on a review of a motion for summary judgment granted in a medical malpractice case. The motion for summary judgment is based upon prescription. Following the example set by our brothers of the Third Circuit in Duhon v. Boustany, 239 So.2d 180 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1970) we approve the use of the motion for summary judgment as a proper vehicle for raising the issue of prescription. The trial...

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