TOUCHET v. BAKER HUGHES INC.

No. 98-749.

737 So.2d 821 (1999)

Joe Don TOUCHET, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BAKER HUGHES INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Paul Lambert, Lafayette, Chuck David Granger, Opelousas, for Joe Don Touchet, et al.

Bret Christopher Beyer, Lafayette, for Baker Hughes Inc., et al.

Dale Patrick Martin, Morgan City, David M. Thorguson, Berwick, for Dynasty/Viator Trucking.

James Isaac Funderburk, Abbeville, for Sheriff Ray Lemaire.

BEFORE: YELVERTON, WOODARD, and PICKETT, Judges.


WOODARD, Judge.

This is an appeal regarding a trial court's decision to grant an exception of prescription. The trial court found that the suit prescribed and that fifty-six of the plaintiffs could not overcome the exceptions of prescription. Because we find that the plaintiffs did not satisfy their burden of proof to overcome the exceptions of prescription, we affirm.

FACTS

In the afternoon of August 17, 1993, a 610 gallon tank owned by Baker Hughes...

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