STEWART v. HIGHLAND HOSPITAL

No. 14795.

412 So.2d 680 (1982)

Evelyn E. STEWART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HIGHLAND HOSPITAL, L. S. Robinson, M. D., Bryson Jones, M. D., B. Vickers, M. D. and Wilda Smith, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Barsh & Hunter by David B. Spencer, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Paul R. Mayer, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees, Highland Hospital & Wilda Smith and by Charles L. Mayer, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees, Drs. L. S. Robinson, Bryson Jones and B. Vicker.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and NORRIS, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff appeals a judgment dismissing her demands on an exception of prescription. La. R.S. 9:5628.1

Plaintiff underwent treatment for cancer of the cervix, which included cobalt radiation therapy, in October 1978 in Shreveport. This therapy produced a cobalt burn that later caused plaintiff to have to undergo a colostomy and other...

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