AMBROSE v. ROBERTS

No. 7746.

393 So.2d 132 (1980)

Ethel Lola AMBROSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William C. ROBERTS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Connelly, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Crowell, Owens & Tudor, Richard B. Crowell, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before FORET, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.


LABORDE, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a professional malpractice suit filed against defendant on June 21, 1978. Plaintiff alleged that defendant had failed to timely file a suit on her behalf for damages arising out of her wrongful commitment to a mental institution in January, 1973.

Defendant filed a peremptory exception of liberative prescription on December 4, 1979. The trial judge sustained the exception and dismissed plaintiff's suit. Plaintiff has...

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