Legal Opinion

Jones v. Iberville Parish Council

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 2, 2012No. 2012 CA 0391PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McClendon, j.

12Golden Jones appeals a judgment dismissing his action for failure to request service of process within the time period required by LSA-R.S. 13:5107 D(l). For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 25, 2011, Golden Jones, through counsel, filed a Petition for Damages, alleging that he had been wrongfully terminated by the Iberville Parish Council (“the Council”) because he had made a workers’ compensation claim, Mr. Jones requested service on the Council, but paid no filing or service fees at that time. Rather, Mr. Jones filed a “Motion to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  5. Johnson v. BrownLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003

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