HEBERT v. DOCTORS MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 84-CA-0863.

477 So.2d 1227 (1985)

Herman HEBERT and Lucy Hebert, v. DOCTORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1985.

Writ Granted January 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry P. Boudreaux, Thibodaux, for plaintiffs-appellants, Herman Hebert and Lucy Hebert.

Donald T. W. Phelps, Daniel A. Reed, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Doctors Memorial Hosp.

Before EDWARDS, LANIER and JOHN S. COVINGTON, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their medical malpractice case on an exception of prescription. We affirm.

The incident which precipitated the claim occurred while Mrs. Hebert was in Doctors Memorial Hospital for treatment of an arm ailment. According to the petition, after ringing for assistance, waiting several minutes and receiving none, Mrs. Hebert got out of her hospital bed and began walking to the bathroom, whereupon she had an epileptic...

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