MORGAN v. CAMPBELL, CAMPBELL & JOHNSON

No. 27,390-CA.

661 So.2d 540 (1995)

Harold Gene MORGAN and Bonnie Jane Morgan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CAMPBELL, CAMPBELL & JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth, Lockard, Politz, LeSage, & D'Anna by Nyle A. Politz, Shreveport, for appellant.

Campbell, Campbell & Johnson by J. Schuyler Marvin, Minden, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and STEWART, JJ.


STEWART, Judge.

This appeal challenges the trial court's decision that the plaintiff's cause of action in a legal malpractice suit has prescribed and is perempted pursuant to the provisions of LSA-R.S. 9:5605. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Facts

The appellants, Harold and Bonnie Morgan, agreed to lend $370,000 to Henry and Peggy Lacobee in 1983. The Morgans hired Cecil P. Campbell of Campbell, Campbell & Johnson ("the law firm...

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