COOK v. RIGBY

2019 CA 1463.

323 So.3d 383 (2021)

William COOK & Renee Soileau v. Carl Swayze RIGBY, M.D. & Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: April 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Palmintier , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants, William Cook & Renee Soileau.

Hebert J. Mang, Jr. , Tara S. Bourgeois , Carey M. Nichols , Nancy B. Roberts , Jonathan Thomas , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Carl Swayze Rigby, M.D. & Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company.

Douglas K. Williams , Chris D. Billings , Kelsey A. Clark , Katherine D. Cook , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.

Vance A. Gibbs , Randal R. Cangelosi , Jason R. Cashio , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Matthew A. Stair, M.D., Michael L. Bruce, M.D., David W. Walker, M.D., Radiology Associates, LLC & Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.


The plaintiffs appeal a trial court judgment in favor of the defendant hospital, sustaining its peremptory exception raising the objection of prescription and dismissing the plaintiffs' claims against it with prejudice. For reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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