NEWSOM v. BOOTHE

No. 19,537-CA.

524 So.2d 923 (1988)

Mildred NEWSOM, Appellee, v. Johnny R. BOOTHE and John Doe Insurance Company, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sedric Banks, Monroe, for appellant.

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by Robert M. Baldwin, Monroe, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

This is a suit for legal malpractice in which the defendant attorney and his insurer appeal a partial summary judgment as to liability only, as well as a prior ruling that dismissed their exception of prescription. The appellants have argued:

(1) Prescription of one year should begin to run from the time the plaintiff learned the will was invalid rather than when the forced heirs actually challenged...

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