Tenesha Smith v. Transport Services Company of Illinois

Supreme Court of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #035 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 1st day of July, 2014, are as follows: BY KNOLL, J.: 2013-CC-2788 TENESHA SMITH, ET AL. v. TRANSPORT SERVICES COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans) Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeal and overrule defendants' exception of prescription. This is remanded to the District Court for further proceedings. VICTORY, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Justice Weimer. WEIMER, J., dissents and assigns reasons. GUIDRY, J.,…