ACOSTA v. CAMPBELL

No. 98-CA-2538.

744 So.2d 112 (1999)

Maria ACOSTA v. Edward CAMPBELL, M.D., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Kullman, David A. Abramson, Lewis, Kullman & Sterbcow, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant, Maria Acosta.

Harvey J. Godofsky, Mang, Batiza, Gaudin, Godofsky & Penzato, Metairie, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee, Edward M. Campbell, M.D.

Marilyn R. Cohen, Law Offices of Robert E. Birtel, Metairie, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendants/Appellees, Gerald M. Benoit, M.D., Jerry Richard Haskin, M.D., Helen Sauviac, CRNA, and Anesthesia East, Inc.

Lloyd W. Hayes, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee, David A. Femovich, M.D.

Deborah I. Schroeder, Mang, Batiza, Gaudin, Godofsky & Penzato, Metairie, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee, Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital.

Edward J. Rice, Jr., Arthur F. Hickham, Jr., Adams and Reese, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, ATTORNEYS FOR Defendants/Appellees, Jan T. McClanahan, M.D. and Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company.

Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER and Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.


MURRAY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Maria Acosta, appeals the dismissal of her medical malpractice action on exceptions of prescription asserted by the defendant health care providers. We affirm.

On December 14, 1993, a radical mastectomy of the right breast was performed on Ms. Acosta by Dr. Jan T. McClanahan, a specialist in general and vascular surgery, followed by a breast reconstruction by Dr. David A. Femovich, a plastic surgeon, and his associate, Dr. Edward...

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