Caridas v. Cabral

DUFRESNE, Judge.

Nicholas Caridas, plaintiff-appellant, brings this appeal from a judgment sustaining an exception of no cause of action in his legal malpractice suit against Harry Cabral, Jr., defendant-appellee. Appellant contends that his petition did on its face state a cause of action and therefore the exception of no cause of action should have been denied. We agree and reverse the dismissal of this suit and remand it for further proceedings.

The present case arose out of a prior lawsuit concerning the prescription of five years on a promissory note. The facts in question there were as…