VELEZ v. CARBONETT

No. 99 CA 2891.

779 So.2d 12 (2000)

Harold "P. J." VELEZ, Sr. v. Ms. Madeline S. CARBONETT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold P.J. Velez, Sr., Mandeville, Plaintiff/Appellant, Pro se.

Madeline S. Carbonette, Baton Rouge, Defendant/Appellee, Pro se.

Before: CARTER, C.J., WEIMER, and CONQUE, JJ.


CARTER, C.J.

In 1996 Harold "P. J". Velez, Sr., discovered that his attorney, Alva Carbonette, allegedly failed to introduce "the most important piece of `Evidence'" at a court hearing in 1990. Mr. Velez then sued Mr. Carbonette for legal malpractice. Mr. Carbonette, represented by Madeline S. Carbonette,2 filed a peremptory exception raising the objection of liberative prescription, which was heard and granted on March 26, 1997. Over...

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