GARNER v. LIZANA

No. 13-CA-427.

131 So.3d 1105 (2013)

Diane Brown GARNER v. Bruce H. LIZANA and his Insurer, ABC Insurance Company, The Law Office of Bruce Lizana, a Professional Law Corporation and its Insurer, XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine Broussard-Baloney , Abril B. Sutherland , Attorneys at Law, Laplace, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

William E. Wright, Jr. , Beverly A. Delaune , Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, JUDE G. GRAVOIS, ROBERT A. CHAISSON, STEPHAN J. WINDHORST, and HANS J. LILJEBERG.


JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

In this legal malpractice action, plaintiff, Diane Garner, appeals a trial court judgment granting an exception of peremption filed by defendants, Bruce Lizana and the Law Office of Bruce H. Lizana, P.L.C. ("the Lizana defendants"), and dismissing her lawsuit. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court judgment under review and remand this matter to the trial court for further proceedings...

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