Cook v. Cook

| iJOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Thomas Edward Cook, appeals a judgment in favor of his former wife, the defendant-appellee, Rosalind Blanco Cook, dismissing his claim against her pursuant to an exception of one-year liberative prescription pursuant to La.C.C. art. 3492. We reverse and remand.

The claim arises out of the loss of funds invested by the defendant, Ms. Cook, as trustee on a trust established by her ex-father-in-law in favor of the plaintiff, her ex-husband.1. Essentially, Ms. Cook invested $100,000.00 of the. trust funds in what turned out to be an…