Tessier v. Pratt
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLENDON, J.
^Plaintiffs, John Robert Tessier and Melati A. Tessier, appealed, asserting that the trial court erred in dismissing their case as abandoned. Finding a waiver of defendants’ right to have the case dismissed as abandoned, we reverse and remand.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs, the Tessiers, filed a suit for redhibition. Defendants, Walter Leonard Pratt and Margueritte Hanley Pratt, answered, filed a reconventional demand, and conducted discovery. In the course of discovery, defendants deposed several people. Plaintiffs sought copies of the depositions from defendants by letter, but…
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