DANCE v. LA STATE UNIV. MEDICAL CENTER

No. 32,592-CA.

749 So.2d 870 (1999)

Terrell N. DANCE and Terry Dance, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AT SHREVPORT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester A. Bradley, III and Associates by G. Gregory Green, Dennis Grady Stewart, Paul W. Bairnsfather, Rayville, Counsel for Appellants.

Weems, Schimpf, Hayter, Gilsoul & Carmouche by John O. Hayter, III, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and STEWART, JJ.


STEWART, J.

At issue in this appeal by Terrell and Terry Dance is whether the trial court erred in granting the peremptory exception of no right of action filed by LSU Medical Center at Shreveport ("LSU") and dismissing the Dances' suit for damages. We find that the trial court erred in granting the exception and reverse.

FACTS

The Dances filed suit against LSU on December 29, 1995 after Terrell Dance was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in April 1995...

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