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TAYLOR v. GIDDENS

No. 92-C-3054.

618 So.2d 834 (1993)

Frank H. TAYLOR, et al. v. Dr. William R. GIDDENS and Dr. Jack E. Carlisle.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garic Kenneth Barranger, Covington, Edmund Mazyck Thomas, Shreveport, for applicant.

Robert G. Pugh, Jr., Pugh, Pugh & Pugh, Samuel W. Caverlee, Cynthia C. Anderson, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, for respondent.

ORTIQUE, Justice.1

We granted writ to determine whether survival actions and/or wrongful death actions are governed by the prescriptive period set forth in LSA-R.S. 9:5628.2 Plaintiffs, the widower and children of an alleged medical malpractice victim, filed their petition for the appointment of a medical review panel approximately three and one-half years after the occurrence of the tortious act, but within...

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