Legal Opinion
Bernard v. Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 7, 2011No. 11-816PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.
|TThe plaintiffs, Timothy Bernard Sr., his wife, Sheman Bernard, and his mother, Evelyn Bernard (the Bernards), appeal a judgment dismissing their suit against the defendants, Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government through Thomas R. Carroll III, Joey Durel, and the Public Works Department (LCG). Following a pre-trial hearing on LCG’s exception of prescription, the trial court found that the Bernards’ action prescribed one year after the LCG completed its drainage project adjacent to the Bernards’ property.
Finding that the damages claimed by the Bernards are…
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