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BOQUET EX REL. BILLIOT v. SWDI, LLC

No. 2007 CA 0738.

992 So.2d 1059 (2008)

Rebecca BOQUET, on Behalf of her Minor Daughter, Candace BILLIOT v. SWDI, LLC and Calvin Frank.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren A. Perrin, Lafayette, Louisiana, and Louis R. Koerner, Jr., Houma, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Rebecca Boquet, on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, Candace Billiot.

Wayne R. Maldonado, Halima N. Smith, Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, SWDI, LLC and Calvin Frank.

Before GAIDRY, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.

McDONALD, J.

The widow of a pedestrian struck and killed by a garbage truck appeals the dismissal of her cause of action for her husband's wrongful death on the grounds of prescription. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 8, 2003, Jason Billiot was walking on Louisiana Highway 316 in Terrebonne Parish, and was killed when he was struck by the pickup bar of a garbage truck owned by SWDI, L.L.C., and driven...

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