PORTER v. PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.

No. 99 CA 2542.

771 So.2d 293 (2000)

Joyce PORTER & Eric Porter, Sr. Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Child, Eric Porter, Jr. v. PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Reginald Douglas and Patco Assurance Company (UM).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Patrick Monahan, Baton Rouge, for Appellant Plaintiff Joyce Porter, et al.

Donald R. Smith, Baton Rouge, for Appellee Defendant Progressive Specialty Ins. Co., et al.

BEFORE: FOIL, FITZSIMMONS and DUPLANTIER, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the dismissal of a lawsuit on the basis of abandonment. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On April 25, 1995, plaintiffs, Joyce Porter and Eric Porter, Sr., individually and on behalf of their minor child Eric Porter, Jr., filed this lawsuit seeking damages arising out of an automobile collision. According to the allegations of the petition, on August 26, 1994, the Porters were...

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