Bell v. Louisiana State Police

| ^Pursuant to a remand order, we consider the entire record of these proceedings. We find that within three years of the date on which the last answer was filed, plaintiffs’ counsel hand delivered discovery responses to another counsel of record, who was enrolled as counsel of record for both defendants. The delivery of these discovery responses constituted a step in the prosecution of the case pursuant to Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 561, precluding this suit from being abandoned. Thus, we vacate this court’s prior action, which granted defendant Sheriff Mike Cazes’ application…