MOREAU v. STATE

No. 99-CA-1238.

752 So.2d 312 (2000)

Lorraine MOREAU v. STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen L. Mahoney, Margaret H. Mahoney, Mahoney Law Firm, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, M. Chadwick Pellerin, Assistant Attorney General, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee.

Court composed of Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge ROBERT A. KATZ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Lorraine Moreau, appeals a judgment dismissing her personal injury lawsuit for failure to request service on the defendant, State of Louisiana, within the period required by LSA-R.S. 13:5107, subd. D. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff was allegedly injured on July 10, 1993. She filed suit on July 11, 1994, but did not request that service be made until January 8, 1998. Acts of 1996, 1st

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