JONES, WALKER, WAECHTER, POITEVENT, CARRERE AND DENEGRE, L.L.P. v. HOMESTEAD INS. CO.

No. 97-C-0710.

700 So.2d 233 (1997)

JONES, WALKER, WAECHTER, POITEVENT, CARRERE AND DENEGRE, L.L.P. v. HOMESTEAD INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Lund, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Relators Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P. and Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc.

Elizabeth A. Alston, Maria Garcia Marks, Alston Law Firm, New Orleans, for Respondent Homestead Insurance Company.

Before BARRY, LANDRIEU and MURRAY, JJ.


MURRAY, Judge.

The law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P. (Jones, Walker), seeks review of the trial court's refusal to maintain its exception of prescription to a legal malpractice claim asserted as a reconventional demand by its former client, Homestead Insurance Company (Homestead). For the reasons which follow, we grant the writ and reverse.

Prior to the enactment of La. R.S. 9:5605, a tort claim for legal malpractice...

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