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FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinion handed down on the 19th day of January, 2005 , is as follows:

BY KNOLL, J. :

2004-C -0646

BRENDA SUE CARTER, ET UX. v. GARY STEPHEN HAYGOOD, DDS, ET AL. (Parish of Concordia) For the foregoing reasons, we reverse the court of appeal's judgment and reinstate the district court's judgment in its entirety. REVERSED. KIMBALL, J., dissents in part and assigns reasons. VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns reasons. TRAYLOR, J., dissents.

01/19/05 SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 04-C-0646 BRENDA SUE CARTER, ET UX. VERSUS GARY STEPHEN HAYGOOD, DDS, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL THIRD CIRCUIT, PARISH OF CONCORDIA

KNOLL, Justice This multi-issue dental medical malpractice case primarily addresses two prescription issues. The initial issue before us is whether the third category of the doctrine of contra non valentem can be invoked to suspend the prescriptive period under La. Rev. Stat. Ann.

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