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JAMES v. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. OF LA.

No. 2001-C-2056.

813 So.2d 335 (2002)

Louwanna Coleman JAMES v. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION OF LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 3, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah J. Juneau, Esq., Baton Rouge, Gayla M. Moncla, Esq., Shannan S. Reieger, Esq., Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan, for Applicant.

Terry A. Bell, Esq., Metairie, John B. Comish, Esq., East Baton Rouge, Larry D. Fryday, Jr., Esq., for Respondent.

KIMBALL, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the abandonment period found in La. C.C.P. art. 561 was interrupted as to plaintiffs action against one defendant while plaintiff was pursuing the dismissal of a co-defendant on grounds of prescription on appeal. For the reasons that follow, we find that plaintiffs action against the defendant left in the trial court was abandoned because the trial court was divested of jurisdiction only over...

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