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TEAGUE v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO.

No. 2007-C-1384.

974 So.2d 1266 (2008)

Michael A. TEAGUE, M.D. v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, St. Paul Insurance Company, Seale, Smith, Zuber, and Barnette, Donald Zuber, Catherine Nobile, Catherine Lauffer, and ABC Insurance Agency.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson & Hammons, John Layne Hammons, Shreveport, for applicant.

Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Stephen R. Wilson, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

KNOLL, Justice.

This legal malpractice action presents the question of whether knowledge of an undesirable result is sufficient to trigger the running of peremption under La.Rev. Stat. § 9:5605. The plaintiff, a physician who was sued by his patient for medical malpractice, filed the instant suit against his defense attorneys for legal malpractice in effecting the settlement of his patient's case against him. Plaintiff filed suit over one year after learning...

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