SMILEY v. MEADOWCREST HOSP., INC.

No. 08-CA-16.

981 So.2d 154 (2008)

Mary Louise SMILEY v. MEADOWCREST HOSPITAL, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine M. Hilton, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Franklin D. Beahm, Marcus A. Green, Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Andre C. Gaudin, Lucie Thornton, Burglass & Tankersley, Attorneys at Law, Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, CLARENCE E. McMANUS, and FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER.


CLARENCE E. McMANUS, Judge.

Defendant, Tenet Health Systems Hospitals, Inc., d/b/a Meadowcrest Hospital, Inc., ("Meadowcrest"), appeals from a judgment granting an exception of prescription dismissing its petition for intervention. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

James Smiley, Jr. was admitted to Meadowcrest on June 28, 2001 with symptoms of paralysis and decubitus wounds....

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