DARK v. MARSHALL

No. 41,711-CA.

945 So.2d 246 (2006)

Bilbo Spencer DARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin F. MARSHALL, IV, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Bezou Law Firm by Jacques F. Bezou, Covington, for Appellant.

Allen & Gooch Counsel by Troy Allen Broussard, Lafayette, for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and SEXTON (pro tempore), JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

Appellant sued her former attorney seeking damages for professional negligence arising from his alleged failure to timely include her excess/ umbrella automobile insurer into a tort action filed on her behalf. The insurer was later brought into the action by a second attorney and raised the defense of prescription. Appellant contends the defendant's omission ultimately reduced her recovery right against the excess carrier. The trial court granted defendant...

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