JARREAU v. GIBBS

2019 CA 1313.

305 So.3d 871 (2020)

Lisa JARREAU v. Thomas E. GIBBS d/b/a The Law Office of Thomas Gibbs and Robert T. Talley.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Date of Judgment: June 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence David Cohen , New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant Lisa Jarreau.

Keith J. Fernandez , Connell L. Archey , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee Thomas E. Gibbs d/b/a The Law Office of Thomas Gibbs.

BEFORE: McDONALD, THERIOT, AND CHUTZ, JJ.


Plaintiff-appellant, Lisa Jarreau, appeals the trial court's judgment, dismissing her legal malpractice claims against defendants-appellees, Thomas Gibbs and Robert T. Talley, as perempted because they were not timely asserted in a court of proper venue. We reverse.

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