Legal Opinion
Duckworth v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 2, 2012No. 2011-C-2835PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIMER, Justice.
_JjWe granted certiorari in these consolidated cases to resolve an issue of first *1059impression in this court — whether a member of a putative class is entitled to the suspension of prescription provided for in La. C.C.P. art. 596 when an independent, individual lawsuit is filed prior to a ruling on the class certification issue. The respective district courts in each of these cases sustained exceptions of prescription, dismissing plaintiffs’ individual lawsuits filed prior to a resolution of the class certification issue in class action proceedings in which the plaintiffs were…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Theriot v. Midland Risk Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
- Nee v. N. O. Public Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
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