MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL OF WILLIAMS v. LEWIS

No. 2008 CA 2223.

17 So.3d 26 (2009)

In re MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL PROCEEDING OF Emmer WILLIAMS v. Janet E. LEWIS, M.D., PCF File No.2006-01385.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. DeSalvo, Edward P. Sutherland, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Emmer Williams and Joseph Williams.

Janie Languirand Coles, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, Janet Lewis, M.D. and Greta Wilkes, M.D.

Eric E. Helm, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, David A. Depp, M.D.

Patrick Scott Jolly, Kristie H. Haydel, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Lane Regional Medical Center.

Before KUHN, GUIDRY, and GAIDRY, JJ.


GUIDRY, J.

The claimant in this medical malpractice action appeals the dismissal of her complaint on the basis of prescription. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On May 23, 2005, Dr. Janet Lewis, an orthopedic surgeon, performed total knee arthroplasty on the left knee of Emmer Williams at Lane Regional Medical Center in Baker, Louisiana. Following the surgery, complications arose that eventually resulted in Mrs...

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