BEAUCLAIR v. CIBA-GEIGY CORP.

No. 85-773.

504 So.2d 657 (1987)

Elliott P. BEAUCLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION and Ren Plastics Company, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writs Granted May 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson M. Lee, Dan B. McKay, Bunkie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Adams and Reese, Henry B. Alsobrook, New Orleans.

Scofield and Assoc., David L. Hoskins, Lake Charles, Scofield and Assoc. Thomas Bergstedt, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Gold, Little, Sam Poole, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before FORET, PLANCHARD and McNULTY , JJ.


MICHAEL J. McNULTY, Judge Pro Tem.

This is a products liability action before the Court on a suspensive appeal perfected by defendants-appellants, CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION and RENS PLASTICS COMPANY. Defendants-Appellants filed a peremptory exception of prescription in this Court. Although the accident occurred on May 19, 1980, suit was not filed until June 12, 1981.

A peremptory exception of prescription may be filed in the Court of Appeal by a formal pleading...

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