Hodges v. Taylor

| ,The plaintiffs in this matter, Thelma Hodges and Marcus J. McCoy, appeal the trial court’s grant of a peremptory exception of no cause of action dismissing their claims against the State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS). DPS also appeals the trial court judgment rejecting its peremptory exception of prescription. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court judgment.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

The matter now before us has as its origin a December 21, 2007 four-vehicle automobile accident which occurred on U.S. Highway 165 in Jefferson Davis…