CAVANESS v. STATE DEPT. OF TRANSP. AND DEV.

No. 02-1184.

846 So.2d 866 (2003)

Roger CAVANESS, Individually and d/b/a Cavaness Broadcasting, Inc., v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT and Datacom, a Rig Telephones, Inc. Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Lee Doise, Judith R. Kennedy, Camille Bienvenu Poche, Perret Doise, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee—A Rig Telephones, Inc., d/b/a DATACOM.

Sylvia M. Fordice, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee—State of La., DOTD.

Al M. Thompson, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee—DATACOM, A Rig Telephones Co., Inc.

Julie Rene Wilkerson, Gravel, Cespive, & Wilkerson, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant —Roger Cavaness, Individually and d/b/a Cavaness Broadcasting, Inc.

Court composed of NED E. DOUCET, JR., C.J., ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff, Roger Cavaness, appeals the trial court's judgment granting defendants', State of Louisiana ("State") and Datacom, Inc. ("Datacom"), peremptory exceptions of prescription. Mr. Cavaness argues that his suit for damages against the defendants for reimbursement of expenses incurred in detuning the defendants' towers is subject to ten-year prescription as a quasi-contractual obligation.

We disagree. Mr. Cavaness' cause of action sounds...

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