CHANEY v. STATE, THROUGH DEPT. OF HEALTH, ETC.

No. 82 CA 0029.

423 So.2d 717 (1982)

Belinda Dyson Chaney, Wife of/and Joe CHANEY v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Granted January 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon D. Jackson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Duncan S. Kemp, III, Hammond, for defendants-appellees.

Before PONDER, SAVOIE and ELLIS, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiffs appealed from the judgment of the trial court dismissing their medical malpractice suit on a peremptory exception of prescription.

The sole issue is the peremption of plaintiffs' cause of action under LSA-R.S. 9:5628. We affirm.

Plaintiff, Belinda Dyson Chaney, received an appendectomy at Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital on June 20, 1977. She was released two days later. Repeated efforts to

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