Squirrel Run v. New Iberia

Full title: SQUIRREL RUN INVESTMENT GROUP, INC. v. THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA, ET AL

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Jun 27, 2001

791 So. 2d 748 (La. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

No. 01-0152-CA consolidated with 01-0151-CA.

June 27, 2001.

APPEAL FROM THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF IBERIA, NO. 78,778 HONORABLE CHARLES L. PORTER, DISTRICT JUDGE.

Porteus Richard Burke, Burke Cestia, New Iberia, LA, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: Squirrel Run Investment Group, The Estate of Gaston Patout, Roy Patout.

C. Berwick Duval, II, Attorney at Law, Houma, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: United Community Insurance Company.

Charles J. Foret, Briney Foret, Lafayette, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: City of New Iberia.

Ralph Shelton Hubbard, III, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Travelers Indemnity Company, Rhode Island, Travelers Insurance Company.

H. Lee Leonard, Leonard Leonard, Lafayette, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Twin City Fire Insurance Co. (Hartford).

James R. Sutterfield, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Insurers Indemnity Insurance.

Gary Mark Zwain, Duplass, Zwain Buirgeios, Metairie, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Continental Insurance Company.

Martin Edward Golden, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver, et al., Baton Rouge, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Samuel Milton Rosamond, III, Attorney at Law, Metairie, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Commercial Union Insurance Co.

James Michael Garner, Sher, Garner, Cahill, etc., New Orleans, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Century Indemnity Company PEIC.

Keith Alex Kornman, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Century Indemnity Company PEIC.

S. Dwight Stephens, Melito Adoflsen, PC, New York, NY, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Martha Curtis, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Century Indemnity Company PEIC.

Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Billie Colombaro Woodard, and Jimmie C. Peters, Judges.

PETERS, J.

For the reasons stated this day in Estate of Patout v. City of New Iberia, 01-0151 (La.App. 3 Cir. 6/27/01); 791 So.2d 741, we reverse the trial court's grant of the exceptions of prescription as to claims arising after February 23, 1981, and remand this case for further proceedings consistent with that opinion. We tax all costs against the defendants.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.