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DUPLECHAIN v. CLAUSING MACHINE TOOLS

No. 13098.

420 So.2d 720 (1982)

Philip DUPLECHAIN and Bernice Duplechain v. CLAUSING MACHINE TOOLS, and Howell Electric Motors, and Atlas Press Co., and Oliver H. Van Horn, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Holmes, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John P. Manard, Jr., Alan T. Rogers, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and CIACCIO, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

The issues in this products liability suit are twofold. Was prescription interrupted when Clausing Corporation and Zurich-American Ins. Co. were named co-defendants more than one year after the accident? Was it proper to dismiss Clausing Machine Tools because of insufficient evidence to maintain personal jurisdiction?

For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the judgment maintaining the exception of prescription and remand for trial on the merits...

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