Legal Opinion

Brown v. Schonekas

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided August 21, 2013No. 2013-CA-0314Published

1Opinion of the Court

MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

LThe plaintiff, Melba Margaret Sehweg-mann Brown, appeals the trial court’s judgment granting an exception of per-emption 1 in favor of the defendants, Schonekas, Winsberg, Evans & McGoey, L.L.C., Kyle Schonekas, Mark D. Wins-berg, and Elisa Mills (collectively, “Defendant Attorneys”), finding that her claim for malpractice had been perempted. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Ms. Brown, along with several of her family members, co-owned commercial immovable property located at 2222 Saint Claude Avenue in New Orleans (the “property”). In…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Reeder v. NorthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
  2. Jenkins v. StarnsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2012
  3. Lirette v. RoeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  4. Boykin v. Coregis InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001

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