Legal Opinion
Lathan Co. v. Division of Administration
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 24, 2019No. 2017 CW 0396 RPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.
Defendant-Relator, the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Facility Planning and Control (the State), filed for supervisory review of the trial court's denial of the State's declinatory exception raising the objection of insufficiency of service of process by the plaintiff-respondent, The Lathan Company, Inc.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On April 18, 2016, Lathan filed a petition through facsimile, naming the State as the defendant and seeking damages for breach of contract and violations of La. R.S. 3812191(A).1 The dispute arose out of a public works contract that…
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