IN RE MATRANGA

Nos. 2006-CA-0604, 2006-CA-0605.

948 So.2d 261 (2006)

In re Medical Review Panel Proceedings Regarding the Death of Joshua MATRANGA. Joseph J. Matranga, III, Individually and on Behalf of his Deceased Minor Son, Joshua Matranga v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Children's Hospital and Alan M. Robson, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Leslie A. Cordell, W. Christopher Beary, Orrill, Cordell & Beary, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor/Appellant, Jodi Caronna.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Don Paul Landry, Special Assistant Attorney General, Alan J. Yacoubian, Special Assistant Attorney General, Nicholas J. Lorusso, Special Assistant Attorney General, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee, Lisa Fuller, M.D.

Peter E. Sperling, John B. Cazale, Frilot Partridge, L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Appellee, Children's Hospital.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS SR., and JUDGE TERRI F. LOVE).


CHARLES R. JONES, Judge.

The Appellant/Intervenor seeks review of an adverse district court judgment, which denied her request to be added as co-plaintiff in a medical malpractice action because the prescriptive period to file her claim had run. We Reverse.

This appeal arises from a medical malpractice action brought by Joseph Matranga, III, the father of Joshua Matranga. The suit alleges improper treatment of Joshua...

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