SMITH v. SLATTERY

No. 38,693-CA.

877 So.2d 244 (2004)

Gerald Garrett SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John B. SLATTERY, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Ferrell, Shreveport, for Appellants.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Herschel E. Richard, Jr., Douglas Lee Harville, Samuel W. Caverlee, Shreveport, for Appellees, John B. Slattery, Jr. & McConnell & Slattery, P.C.

Wiener, Weiss & Madison, by John M. Madison, Jr., for Appellees, James M. Johnson & Campbell, Campbell & Marvin.

Before GASKINS, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.


LOLLEY, J.

Gerald Garret Smith, Michael B. Smith, and Timothy Lane Smith ("the Smiths") appeal from a judgment of the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, sustaining a peremptory exception of prescription/peremption from a legal malpractice claim they brought against attorneys John B. Slattery, Jr. ("Slattery") and Jimmy Johnson ("Johnson"). For the following reasons, we affirm.

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