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199 So. 3d 610
La.
2016

Concurrence Opinion

CRICHTON, J.,

would grant with order and assigns reasons.

hi would grant this application and reinstate the trial court’s judgment sustaining the exception of prescription. Delictual actions are subject to a liberative prescription of one year. La. C.C. art. 3492. But under the doctrine of contra non valentem, in exceptional circumstances this prescriptive period may be suspended. This includes “where the cause of action is neither known nor reasonably knowable 'by the plaintiff even though plaintiffs ignorance is not induced by the defendant.” Marin v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 2009-2368, p. 12 (La.10/19/10); 48 So.3d 234, 245. In my view, this plaintiffs claim that her attorney acted negligently in' not investí-*611gating all possible defendants is not a justification for the use of the doctrine of contra non valentem.






Lead Opinion

In re Moon Marine USA Corporation;— Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiora-ri and/or Review, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 719-934; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 15-CA-705.

h Denied.

WEIMER, J., would grant. CLARK, J., would grant. CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.

Case Details

Case Name: Lapuyade v. Rawbar Inc.
Court Name: Supreme Court of Louisiana
Date Published: Sep 6, 2016
Citations: 199 So. 3d 610; 2016 WL 4626876; 2016 La. LEXIS 1678; No. 2016-C-0908
Docket Number: No. 2016-C-0908
Court Abbreviation: La.
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