QUIBODEAUX v. MEDICAL CENTER OF S.W. LA.

No. 97-204.

707 So.2d 1380 (1998)

Mary Vivian QUIBODEAUX, et al., Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA; Hamilton Medical Center; Marc LaPointe, M.D.; Jennifer Navarre, R.N.; and Jessica Champagne, R.N., Defendants—Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 6, 1998.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a medical malpractice action filed by plaintiffs on behalf of the decedent, Kenneth Quibodeaux, due to his alleged wrongful death. Following a hearing on the issue of prescription, the trial court granted the defendants' peremptory exception of prescription and dismissed plaintiffs' claim. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS

On the evening of August 24, 1992, while suffering from a heart...

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