HARRINGTON v. GLENWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL

No. 36,556-CA.

833 So.2d 1241 (2002)

David HARRINGTON, et ux, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GLENWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER and Lifeshare Blood Centers, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Hammons & Self, by John L. Hammons, Cornell R. Flournoy, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, by Peter T. Dazzio, Chris J. LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee, Glenwood Regional Medical Center.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, by Cynthia C. Anderson, Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellee, Lifeshare Blood Centers.

Before GASKINS, DREW and HARRISON (Pro Tempore), JJ.


HARRISON, Judge Pro Tempore.

The plaintiffs, David and Becky Herrington,1 appeal a judgment which effectively dismissed their tort suit as abandoned under La. C.C.P. art. 561. For the reasons expressed, we reverse and remand.

Procedural background

According to the petition, in 1978 or 1979 David Herrington ("David") was hospitalized at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe; he received a transfusion of...

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