LOBRANO, Judge.
Plaintiff, Lionel Milton (Milton) appeals the dismissal of Mercy Hospital (Mercy) from his medical malpractice suit on an Exception of Prescription. This Court must determine whether the doctrine of contra non valentem suspended the three year liberative prescriptive period of La. R.S. 9:5628.
FACTS:
On September 14, 1985, Milton's wife, Leaster Milton (Mrs. Milton), signed a consent form authorizing her participation in the...
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