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GREEN v. SOUTHERN UNITED FIRE INS. CO.

No. 99 CA 1430.

762 So.2d 1156 (2000)

Lola GREEN v. SOUTHERN UNITED FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Safeway Insurance Company, Rita Jones and Barron Magee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Cadwallader, New Orleans, Antoine Z. Laurent, Slidell, for Appellant Plaintiff Lola Green.

Keith M. Borne, Lafayette, for Appellee Defendant Safeway Insurance Co.

Before: FOIL, WHIPPLE and GUIDRY, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the retroactive application of a legislative enactment that shortened the period of inactivity constituting an abandonment of a cause of action from five to three years. We hold that the provision may be applied retroactively, and we affirm the dismissal of this personal injury lawsuit on the grounds of abandonment.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, Lola Green, filed this personal injury lawsuit on June 28, 1995, seeking damages...

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