ROCHE v. JEFFERSON DAVIS ELEC. CO-OP., INC.

No. 05-1009.

922 So.2d 759 (2006)

Allen J. ROCHE v. JEFFERSON DAVIS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry C. Hebert, Stuart M. Simoneaud, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Allen J. Roche.

Robert R. McBride, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, J. DAVID PAINTER, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


GENOVESE, Judge.

In this case, Plaintiff sued Defendant utility company for property damage, alleging contamination. Defendant filed an exception of prescription which was granted by the trial court. Plaintiff appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

In July of 2003, an employee of Defendant, Jeff Davis Electric Cooperative, Inc. ("Jeff Davis"), sprayed herbicide along and beneath its power lines to control vegetation growth. During the...

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