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ROGERS v. SYNTHES, LTD.

No. 25221-CA.

626 So.2d 775 (1993)

Ruth T. ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SYNTHES, LTD. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Gowen, Jr., Shreveport, for appellant.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by E. William Sartor, Jr., Monroe, for appellee— Synthes, LTD.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by James B. Gardner, Shreveport, for appellee—Sisters of Charity Schumpert Medical.

Before LINDSAY, VICTORY and STEWART, JJ.

LINDSAY, Judge.

At issue is whether a suit to recover damages sustained when a surgically implanted prosthesis breaks constitutes a medical malpractice action which requires initial submission of the claim to a medical review panel. Ruth T. Rogers sued Synthes Ltd. and Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word d/b/a Schumpert Medical Center for damages sustained when her surgically implanted prosthesis broke. Schumpert responded with a dilatory exception of prematurity...

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