Legal Opinion
Quinn v. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 2, 2012No. 2012-CC-0152PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIMER, Justice.
hWe granted certiorari in this case to consider two separate, but related issues: (1) whether the suspension of prescription provided for in La. C.C.P. art. 596 extends to a putative class member who files an individual claim after a ruling on the class certification issue and, if so, (2) whether La. C.C.P. art. 596 suspends prescription when the putative class action is filed in another jurisdiction. After reviewing the relevant statutory provisions, we find that the filing of an individual lawsuit after a ruling on class certification does not operate as an “opt out” of a…
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