FIELD v. MERRITT

No. 83 CA 0250.

449 So.2d 7 (1984)

Dr. Samuel E. FIELD, Jr. v. June B. MERRITT and the Commissioner of Insurance.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1984.

Writ Denied June 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F.W. Middleton, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Dr. Samuel E. Field, Jr.

Arthur Cobb, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant June B. Merritt.

Before PONDER, WATKINS and CARTER, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge.

Dr. Samuel E. Field filed a "Petition and Peremptory Exception of Prescription" naming as co-defendants June B. Merritt and the Honorable Sherman A. Bernard, Commissioner of Insurance. The pleading sought to obtain a determination that Mrs. Merritt's right to convoke a medical review panel concerning her claim for her husband's death had prescribed, and further sought to have the panel dismissed.

The pleading recites that Mrs. Merritt filed...

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