NETHERLAND v. ETHICON, INC.

No. 35,229-CW.

813 So.2d 1254 (2002)

Sherry NETHERLAND, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ETHICON, INC., Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Hospital Services Corp., Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Owens & Minor, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, Willis-Knighton Health System, Defendant-Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, by Peter T. Dazzio, Chris James LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, for Applicant, Willis-Knighton Medical Center.

Baggett, McCall, Burgess & Watson, by Roger G. Burgess, Erin McCall Alley, Lake Charles, for Respondent, Sherry Netherland.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, by Herschel E Richard, Jr., John T. Kalmbach, Shreveport, for Respondents, Ethicon, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Johnson & Johnson Health Care, Systems, Inc.; Owens & Minor, Inc.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

Plaintiff filed this suit claiming products liability on the part of a hospital which utilized defective sutures in surgery performed on the plaintiff. Suit was filed over four years after the surgery. The hospital sought writs from this court concerning the trial court's denial of the peremptory exception of prescription. This court denied the writ application, yet on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court, we docketed the matter for briefing and oral...

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