FERRELL v. ESTATE OF DONOVAN

No. 00-CA-935.

772 So.2d 260 (2000)

Fate FERRELL v. The ESTATE OF James DONOVAN, Sr., Individually and d/b/a The Partnership of Donovan and Lawler, and The Partnership of Donovan and Lawler.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied January 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronica A. Collins, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph L. McReynolds, John Jerry Glas, Deutsch, Kerrigan and Stiles, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for defendants-appellees.

Court composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, JJ., and H. CHARLES GAUDIN, J. Pro Tem.


H. CHARLES GAUDIN, Judge Pro Tem.

Plaintiff/appellant Fate Ferrell appeals the judgment dismissing his case against defendant/appellee Estate of James Donovan. Ferrell filed suit against Donovan, since deceased, for legal malpractice; specifically, for allowing his lawsuit against Crown Zellerbach to prescribe. We affirm, finding, as did the trial judge, that Ferrell's claim was under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and that it had not prescribed...

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