LYMAN v. TOWN OF SUNSET

No. 86-CC-1314.

500 So.2d 390 (1987)

Benjamin F. LYMAN, et al. v. TOWN OF SUNSET, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Koury, Koury & Koury, Colleen McDaniel, Lafayette, for applicants.

James T. Guglielmo, Gina Tuttle, Guglielmo, Lopez & Tuttle, Alex L. Andrus, III, Opelousas, Sera H. Russell, III, Baton Rouge, Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois, Breaux & Robinson, Lafayette, John L. Olivier, Olivier and Brinkhaus, Sunset, Ian Lindsey, Baton Rouge, for respondents.


COLE, Justice.

We granted this application to consider the Court of Appeal's dismissal, on the peremptory exception raising the objection of prescription, of an action for recovery of damage to immovable property caused by a public work. The ultimate issue is whether or not the Court of Appeal was correct in applying La.R.S. 9:5624.

Benjamin F. Lyman, Lyman Development Corporation, Sunset Partnership, and Bloomfield Estates Subdivision filed suit against the...

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