Royal Fiberglass Pools, Inc. v. Cedars

WOODARD, Judge.

The sole issue of this appeal is whether prescription has run on plaintiff’s legal malpractice suit.

Royal Fiberglass Pools, Inc. (hereinafter plaintiff), through their owners Clifford and Rebecca Hebert, filed a claim for legal malpractice against its attorney, Chester R. Cedars (hereinafter defendant). After answering the petition, defendant filed a peremptory exception of prescription. A hearing was held on the exception in which the trial court sustained the exception. It is from this ruling that plaintiff timely appeals.

After a thorough review of the record and the law, we…