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BRANCH v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER

No. 92-CC-3086.

636 So.2d 211 (1994)

Jerry Wayne BRANCH, et ux. v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 28, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hammons, Nelson, Hammons & White, Shreveport, for applicant.

Milton Caldwell Roberts, Jr., Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport, for respondent.

DENNIS, Justice.*

This is a suit by Jerry Wayne Branch and his wife seeking strict tort products liability recovery from Willis-Knighton Medical Center ("WKMC") for damage sustained by the couple because Branch contracted hepatitis from contaminated blood sold to him in 1976 by WKMC. The only question at this stage of the case is whether the suit was timely brought because it was filed less than one year after the Branches' discovery of...

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