Opinion
No. 98-C-2916.
February 5, 1999.
IN RE: Hilton, William Earl Sher.; — Defendant(s); Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number CA98-0447; Parish of Rapides 9th Judicial District Court Div. "C" Number 172,700
Denied.
KNOLL, J. concurs with reasons.
CALOGERO, C.J. would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J. not on panel.
Denied. The result is correct. La.RS. 13:5107 (D), as amended and reenacted by 1997 La. Acts 518, § 1, provides in Section 5 that "[t]he provisions of this Act shall be applicable only to suits filed on and after its effective date." Act 518 became effective January 1, 1998, and in my view this is interpretive legislation, and therefore the amended statute was not applicable to this action, which was filed on June 4, 1993.