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CAMAILLE v. MARTZELL

No. 90-CA-356.

579 So.2d 1023 (1991)

Emile J. CAMAILLE, Jr. v. John R. MARTZELL, Charles W. Dittmer, Jr., and ABC Insurance Co., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emile J. Camaille, Jr., Covington, in pro. per.

Scott R. Bickford, Regina O. Matthews, Martzell, Thomas & Bickford, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN and GOTHARD, JJ.

GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by Emile J. Camaille, Jr., whose legal malpractice lawsuit was dismissed in the 24th Judicial District Court because of prescription. We affirm.

A suit claiming legal malpractice is an action in tort governed by the one-year prescriptive period of LSA-C.C. art. 3492. It is only when an attorney expressly warrants a specific result or agrees to perform certain work is the cause of action in contract and subject to the ten-year...

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