BROWN, C.J.
The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in sustaining defendant's exception of prescription and dismissing plaintiffs' action. To make this decision, we are called upon to determine the constitutionality of the prescriptive period for medical malpractice actions set forth in La. R.S. 9:5628 as applied to a claim asserted by a plaintiff who suffers from a disease with a latency period which exceeds the three-year statutory limitation. We...
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