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DOYLE v. ST. PATRICK HOSP.

No. 86-95.

499 So.2d 704 (1986)

Lorena DOYLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1987.

Writ Denied March 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Barron, Orange, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stockwell and Assoc., Robert W. Clements, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Lorena Doyle, appeals a ruling maintaining an exception of prescription in a medical malpractice suit. Appellant filed suit against St. Patrick Hospital alleging that the death of her husband, Cecil Doyle, on May 24, 1981, was caused by the negligence of the defendant. St. Patrick Hospital filed an exception of liberative prescription of one year, and the trial court maintained the exception dismissing plaintiff's suit. We reverse.

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