TRAINOR v. YOUNG

No. 21180-CA.

561 So.2d 722 (1990)

Franklin J. & Theo Elaine Benedict TRAINOR & Lisa Elaine Trainor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bennett H. YOUNG, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talbot, Sotile, Carmouche, Marchand & Marcello, Donaldsonville by Victor L. Marcello, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport by Herschel E. Richard, Jr. and Cynthia C. Anderson, for defendants-appellees Dr. Young and Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport by Caldwell Roberts, for defendants-appellees, Willis-Knighton Hosp.

Before HALL, C.J., and MARVIN, JONES, SEXTON and HIGHTOWER, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action that arose out of the implantation of a metal rod in the spine of a 10-year-old girl afflicted with scoliosis, the parents, who initially instituted the action, and their daughter, Lisa, who became a party plaintiff after reaching the age of majority, appeal a judgment sustaining defendants' exceptions of prescription.

After the rod was implanted by a Shreveport surgeon in mid-1974, Lisa developed paralysis...

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