B. SWIRSKY & CO., INC. v. BOTT

No. 91-CA-1889.

598 So.2d 1281 (1992)

B. SWIRSKY & COMPANY, INC. v. Frederick R. BOTT and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis B. Mulhall, Metairie, for plaintiff/appellant.

Moise W. Dennery, Peter L. Koerber, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, for defendants/appellees.

Before BARRY, LOBRANO and LANDRIEU, JJ.


LANDRIEU, Judge.

The issue before the court is the applicable prescriptive period in this legal malpractice claim. Appellant filed a legal malpractice and breach of contract action against his former counsel, counsel's law firm and malpractice insurer for failure to file proof of loss claim forms relative to a casualty loss by fire. The action was filed more than two (2) years after the fire loss claim prescribed under La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 22:691 (West 1978) of...

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