Head v. Shelter Mutual Ins. Co.

I/The plaintiffs, Stewart and Stacy Head, and the intervener, Risk Management, Inc., appeal a judgment of the trial court sustaining the defendants’, Luby Landry’s and Shelter Mutual Insurance Company’s (Shelter), exception of prescription and dismissing the plaintiffs’ suit with prejudice. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case arises out of a traffic accident which occurred on July 24, 2002, in the City of Abbeville, Louisiana (the City). The plaintiff, Stewart Head, an employee of the City, was traveling east on West Port Street (La.Hwy.14) in a…