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BORDELON v. MEDICAL CENTER OF BATON ROUGE

No. 2003-C-0202.

871 So.2d 1075 (2003)

Jody and Lora BORDELON Individually, and on Behalf of their Minor Child, Brandon v. MEDICAL CENTER OF BATON ROUGE and Andrew T. Zaruski, M.D.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

As Corrected January 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Reed, Seale, Smith, Zuber & Barnette, Baton Rouge, Charles F. Gay, Ann M. Halphen, Amy C. Lambert, Adams & Reese, Batn Rouge, for applicant.

Joseph E. Stockwell, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

VICTORY, J.

We granted this writ application to determine whether failure to request service of citation on a defendant within 90 days of the filing of a lawsuit, as required by La. C.C.P. art. 1201, renders the entire lawsuit an absolute nullity by operation of law, such that the filing of that suit does not serve to interrupt prescription under La. C.C. art. 3463. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeal and...

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