SONNIER v. NORWOOD CONST. CO., INC.

No. 92-406.

617 So.2d 580 (1993)

Marty SONNIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORWOOD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Andrew Fraser, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant Marty Sonnier.

Earl Garland Pitre, Lake Charles, Morgan J.Wells Jr., Metairie, for defendant-appellee Norwood Const. Co.

Thomas Joseph Solari, Lake Charles, for intervenor Travelers.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and LABORDE and DECUIR, JJ.


LABORDE, Judge.

Appellant, Marty Sonnier, appeals from the trial court's granting of an exception of prescription on behalf of appellee, Norwood Industrial Painting, Inc. Finding the trial court erred in holding that appellant's amended petition correcting the appellee's name did not relate back and had prescribed, we reverse.

FACTS

On August 4, 1989, Marty Sonnier fell from a pipe rack and sustained an injury to his right knee. At the time of the...

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