STATE v. McINNIS BROS. CONST.

No. 28905-CW.

690 So.2d 927 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. McINNIS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Granted May 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Caldwell Roberts, Jr., Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellant McInnis Brothers Construction Great American Insurance Co.

Pamela Miller Perkins, Deputy General Counsel, Division of Administration, for Appellee State of Louisiana.

Hargrove, Pesnell & Wyatt by Billy Ray Pesnell, Shreveport, for Jim Mitchell d/b/a Mitchell Masonry.

Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell by Edward E. Rundell, Alexandria, for Joe Banks d/b/a Banks Drywall.

Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr by Larry Gene Canada, New Orleans, for Continental Gas Co.

Stockwell, Sievert, Vicellio, Clements & Shaddock by William Boyce Monk, Lake Charles, for PPG Industries.

Davis & Flanagan by Jackson B. Davis, Shreveport, for Walker & Walker Architects.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quinn & Roberts by Donald James Armand, Jr., Shreveport, for The Travelers.

Jackson B. Bolinger, Lafayette, for Insurance Co. of North America.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by Brian D. Smith, Shreveport, for Pennsylvania Insurance Co.

Before HIGHTOWER, BROWN and GASKINS, JJ.


GASKINS, Judge.

The defendant, McInnis Brothers Construction Company, seeks review of a trial court decision finding that the doctrine of contra non valentem agere nulla currit praescriptio (contra non valentem) operates to suspend the running of the five-year prescriptive period in La.R.S. 38:2189 of the Public Works Act. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court judgment denying the defendant's exception of...

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