Inge v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

WATKINS, Judge.

This is an action for alleged legal malpractice brought by Richard S. Inge against St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company arising out of the rendering of an allegedly incorrect title opinion by the law firm of Pittman & Matheny, Hammond, Louisiana. Originally Gilsbar, Inc. was named defendant, but St. Paul was substituted as defendant by amended petition and Gilsbar discharged as a party defendant without prejudice. Pittman & Matheny was never named a party defendant, nor was any individual member of that firm so named. St. Paul filed an exception of prescription, which the…