SS v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVIC.

No. 2002-C-0831.

831 So.2d 926 (2002)

SS, Individually and as Representative of the Minors, LMW, BAW, and CLW v. STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and Educational and Treatment Council, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil R. Purvis, Jr., SMITH, TALIFERRO, PURVIS & BOOTHE, Jonesville, Counsel for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Adam L. Ortega, Jr., Asst. Attorney General, Joe A. Brame, BRAME & MCCAIN, Lake Charles; William J. Sommers, Jr., New Orleans, PRESTON & COWAN, Counsel for Respondent.


KNOLL, Justice.

This case involves the question of the proper application of liberative prescription as it relates to alleged tortious conduct that affects a minor during the time she was adjudicated a child in need of care and that occurred while she was in the custody of the State. Finding prescription suspended under LA CIV.CODE ANN. art. 3469 and LA.REV.STAT. ANN. § 9:2800.9, we reverse the judgment of the appellate...

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