Law Enforcement District of Jefferson Parish v. Mapp Construction, LLC

I iThis litigation arises out of the construction of a public building in accordance with 'the Public Works Act, La. R.S. 38:2211, et seq. The issue presented in this writ application is whether a bond, issued pursuant to a contract between a subcontractor and the general contractor for a public construction project, is a statutory bond — subject to the ñve-year per-emptive period provided in La. R.S. 38:2189 — or a conventional bond — subject to the one-year prescriptive period specifically set forth under the provisions of the bond. If the subcontractor bond is a statutory bond, then the…