Split Louisiana High Court: Granddaughter Not A Claimant Under Malpractice Act

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 11:08 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A decedent’s granddaughter isn’t a “claimant” under the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act (MMA), and so her timely complaint of medical malpractice did not suspend prescription when it came to the claims of the decedent’s sons, a split Louisiana Supreme Court ruled May 8 (James E. Guffey, et al. v. Lexington House, LLC, No. 2018-CC-1568, 2019 La. LEXIS 1370)....

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