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FORTIER v. DEHNE

No. 2001-CA-1071.

804 So.2d 819 (2001)

Peter and Karen FORTIER, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of their Minor Child, Hunter Fortier, v. Dr. Robert DEHNE and Dr. Dean MacEwen.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Kullman, Lews, Kullman & Sterbcow, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jude D. Bourque, Assistant Attorney General, La. Dept. of Justice, Litigation Division, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee.

Court composed of Chief Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judges MIRIAM G. WALTZER and TERRI F. LOVE.

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal the trial court's dismissal of their claims against defendant doctors who performed foot surgery on their minor child. The trial court denied their motion for new trial after maintaining defendants' exception of prescription.

This is a medical malpractice action involving foot surgery on a ten-year-old boy, Hunter Fortier, with spina bifida that caused spinal nerve damage to his feet and ankles. Dr. MacEwen at Children...

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