HERNANDEZ v. CHALMETTE MEDICAL CENTER

No. 2001-CA-0074.

826 So.2d 641 (2002)

Julie HERNANDEZ and Berdelio Hernandez, individually and on behalf of their minor child, Chris Lee Hernandez, v. CHALMETTE MEDICAL CENTER a/k/a UHS De La Ronde, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Leslie A. Cordell, W. Christopher Beary, Lyn M. Curlin, Orrill, Cordell & Beary, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, For Plaintiffs/Appellees.

C. William Bradley, Jr., Nicole Duarte Martin, Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Gregory A. Redmann, M.D.

J. Michael Daly, Jr., Law Offices Of Robert E. Birtel, Metairie, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Charles Lavis, M.D.

George Cain, Ann Marie LeBlanc, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor/Appellant, Patients' Compensation Fund.

Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR.


PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.

Defendants, Dr. Gregory Redmann and Dr. Charles Lavis, and intervenor, the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund ["PCF"], appeal the trial court's judgment awarding damages to plaintiffs in this medical malpractice action. These defendants and the PCF also jointly assert in this court an exception of prescription.

FACTS

On December 30, 1993, nine-year-old Chris Hernandez was brought to the Chalmette Medical Center emergency...

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