DUGAS v. BAYOU TECHE WATER WORKS, INC.

No. 13-890.

153 So.3d 1071 (2014)

Darren DUGAS, et al. v. BAYOU TECHE WATER WORKS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Rosamond, III , Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe, APLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Pennsylvania General Insurance Company.

Raymond Pajares , Pajares & Schexnaydre, LLC, Mandeville, LA, Joshua G. Keller , Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Bayou Teche Water Works, Inc.

Erin Fury Parkinson , McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Granite State Insurance Company.

Rachel S. Kellogg , Schafer & Schafer, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, American Alternative Insurance Company.

Theodore M. "Trey" Haik, III , Haik, Minvielle & Grubbs, Iberia, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Darren Dugas, Glenward Dugas, Cheryl Dugas.

Court composed of MARC T. AMY, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.


The plaintiffs alleged damage to their land and farming practices due to the defendant water facility's discharge of brine into a canal adjacent to the plaintiffs' property. The water facility and its insurer filed an initial exception of prescription pursuant to the time limitations of La.R.S. 9:5624, which provides a two-year period...

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