IN RE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM OF NIX

No. 94 CA 0151.

644 So.2d 722 (1994)

In re MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM OF Peter C. NIX.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian A. Colon Jr., Belle Chasse, for Peter C. Nix.

Peter J. Giarruso, Baton Rouge, for William H. Kinnard.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and SHORTESS and CARTER, JJ.


SHORTESS, Judge.

Peter C. Nix filed a medical malpractice claim against Dr. William Kinnard. Nix alleged in his petition that when Kinnard removed a rod from his back in 1983, he negligently left a wire in his back. Nix further alleged that ten years later, in March 1993, he learned about the wire when he had an x-ray taken due to back pain. Nix's malpractice claim was filed on June 10, 1993.

Before action by a medical review panel, Kinnard, a Terrebonne Parish...

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