LEYVA v. LAGA

No. 88-676.

549 So.2d 914 (1989)

Jacqueline Dore LEYVA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Emile LAGA, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrill & Shearman, R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Robert F. Shearman, Vicki Williams, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Jude Bourque, Robert E. Kerrigan, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, LABORDE and KNOLL, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

Jacqueline Dore Leyva appeals the dismissal of her medical malpractice action against Dr. Emile Laga on a peremptory exception of prescription. The trial court found that Dr. Laga was an employee of Dr. J.B. Pecot, a qualified medical care provider under LSA-R.S. 40:1299.41, et seq., and that Leyva's action had not been brought within the requisite time period established by statute.

Leyva contends that the trial court committed reversible error...

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