Legal Opinion
Payton v. Lake Lawn Park, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 10, 2015No. 2015-CA-0274PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADELEINE M. LANDRIEU, Judge.
1 plaintiffs, who are the heirs of Mrs. Alma Bell Payton, appeal the trial court’s order dismissing their action as abandoned. For the following reasons, we vacate the order of dismissal and remand the matter to the trial court for a hearing on the issue of abandonment.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
On January 31, 1997, the plaintiffs filed this action against Lake Lawn Park, Inc. and Lawyer’s Title of Louisiana, Inc. seeking damages for negligence and breach of contract.1 The plaintiffs alleged that when Mrs. Payton’s property located on Robert Street in New Orleans…
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