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BENWARE v. MEANS

No. 99-C-1410.

752 So.2d 841 (2000)

Victor C. BENWARE v. Jesse MEANS, Jr. and Lloyds Underwriters at London.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ronald Clary, Jr., Eric Todd Hebert, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Applicant.

Stephen M. Whitlow, Jesse Lafayette Means, Jr., Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.*

This is a legal malpractice action based on the failure of an attorney (Jesse Means, the defendant in the present action) to take any step for five years in the prosecution of an earlier worker's compensation suit he had filed on behalf of his client (the plaintiff in the present action). This failure allegedly resulted in the dismissal of the underlying compensation suit.

After plaintiff filed this malpractice...

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