Gloria Turner v. Willis Knighton Medical Center, 108 So.3d 60

Dec 04, 2012

OUTCOME: Exception of Prescription granted in favor of medical malpractice defendants.

Medical malpractice defense case where the defendants filed an Exception of Prescription based on a novel argument involving statutory interpretation. The trial court granted the Exception of Prescrip ... tion which was overturned by the Court of Appeal. The matter was then tried in front of the Louisiana Supreme Court which overturned the Court of Appeal and resinstated the trial judge's original ruling granting the exception of Prescription.