Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Sawyer Industrial Plastics, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 18, 1999No. 32,346-CWPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
11 DREW, J.
This court granted an application for supervisory writ filed by Sawyer Industrial Plastics, Inc. and its owners to review the trial court’s denial of the peremptory exception of prescription in this intentional tort action. Concluding that the trial court erred in ruling that a letter from Edwards to his employer claiming disability and seeking benefits interrupted prescription on Edwards’ intentional tort claim, we make the writ peremptory and reverse the trial court.
FACTS
Jack Edwards was employed by Sawyer Industrial Plastics, Inc. from February 4, 1990 until his employment was…
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