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LOUVIERE v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 83-CQ-1093.

440 So.2d 93 (1983)

Raymond D. LOUVIERE v. SHELL OIL CO., et al. Charles J. MARTINEZ v. SHELL OIL CO., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion October 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Robert Shelton, Aubrey E. Denton, Shelton & Legendre, Clement Story, III, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patrick T. Caffery, David R. Dugas, Caffery, Oubre & Dugas, New Iberia, W.K. Christovich, Michael M. Christovich, Christovich & Kearney, John O. Charrier, Jr., Robert T. Lemon, II, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

LEMMON, Justice.*

The United States Court of Appeals, 703 F.2d 846, Fifth Circuit, certified a question of state law to this court pursuant to Rule 12, Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (1973). We agreed to answer the certified question, which involves the effect of the filing of suit as an interruption of prescription in a tort action. 434 So.2d 411 (La.1983)...

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