SCRANTON v. ASHLEY ANN ENERGY, L.L.C.

No. 46,984-CA.

91 So.3d 1174 (2012)

Carolyn SCRANTON, Christine Odom and Rachelle Hester, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. ASHLEY ANN ENERGY, L.L.C., Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Calvin Beasley and Lydia Gunn, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wall, Bullington & Cook, LLC, by Guy E. Wall , Sara M. Lewis , Hammond Law Firm by Peirce A. Hammond, II , New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, New Orleans, LA, by Paul K. Colomb, Jr. , Kenneth M. Klemm , for Defendants-Appellees.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, by Herschel E. Richard, Jr. , Megan E. LeBato , for Defendant In-Reconvention/Appellee, H.F. Sockrider, Jr.

Fred H. Sutherland , for Intervenors-Appellees, Geneva Williams and H.F. Sockrider, Jr.

Before BROWN, DREW, and LOLLEY, JJ.


BROWN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, Carolyn Scranton, Christine Odom and Rachelle Jones, appeal a trial court decision dismissing their reconventional demand alleging acts of legal malpractice as being perempted against their former attorney, defendant in reconvention, H.F. Sockrider Jr. For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse.

Facts and Procedural History

Plaintiffs, Carolyn Scranton, Christine Odom and Rachelle Jones, residents of California...

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