TARANTO v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INS.

No. 2010-C-0105.

62 So.3d 721 (2011)

Sherry Coleman TARANTO, Dean Coleman and William S. Coleman, Jr. v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION d/b/a Louisiana Citizens Coastal Plan.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, Douglas Matthew Kleeman , John W. Waters, Jr. , Kristin Grace Mosely-Jones , New Orleans, LA, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, LLP, John Tilghman Culotta , Darren Albert Patin , Metairie, LA, for Applicant.

Richard Charles Trahant , Jack Edward Morris , Metairie, LA, Shearman-Denenea , John Henry Denenea, Jr. , New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.1

We granted this writ application to determine whether the Plaintiffs' lawsuit, seeking damages from the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, that was filed nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina, is prescribed. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal held that the prescriptive period was interrupted by a timely filed class action petition against the insurer, which...

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