BOOKER v. BYRD

No. 42,414-CA.

968 So.2d 814 (2007)

Willis Leon BOOKER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Charles BYRD, M.D. and Willis-Knighton Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis Leon Booker, In Proper Person.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, by Peter T. Dazzio, Bruce MacLachlan Horack, Jr., Meredith J. Trahant, Baton Rouge, for Appellee, Willis-Knighton Medical Center.

Pugh, Pugh & Pugh, L.L.P., by Robert G. Pugh, Jr., Shreveport, for Appellee Charles R. Byrd, M.D.

Before WILLIAMS, CARAWAY and MOORE, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court's judgment sustaining the defendants' peremptory exception of prescription and dismissing plaintiff's medical malpractice claims. Despite plaintiff's institution of a medical review panel proceeding and an opinion by the panel, timely suit in district court was never filed. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Facts and Procedural History

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