RICHLAND PARISH HOSP. SERVICE DIST. v. HANOVER INS. COMPANIES

No. 17658-CA.

486 So.2d 1079 (1986)

RICHLAND PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT # 2, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANIES, et al., Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Cooper, Jr., Rayville, for Richland Parish Hosp.

Davenport, Files & Kelly by LaValle B. Salomon, Monroe, for Hanover Ins. Co.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio by Joseph D. Cascio, Jr., Monroe, for Davenport Ins. Agency.

Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher by Kent Breard, Monroe, for Leopold & Meredith, Inc.

Before HALL, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

This is a suit by a hospital to recover unpaid hospital bills. The defendants are the minor patient's tutors, the tortfeasor, her husband and their insurance company, and two insurance agencies. The right to proceed directly against the tortfeasor and the insurers is conferred by a special statute that creates a privilege but does not specify a prescriptive period. The hospital's petition went down1 on exceptions of prescription...

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