Cruze v. Life Ins. Co. of Virginia

In an application for rehearing filed in this matter, counsel for the defendant assert that we have committed grievous error in applying the doctrine of contra non valentem to the facts of this case and in holding that the course of prescription was suspended because of the insurer’s failure to insert in its policies that they were written under the provisions of Act 193 of 1906. It is suggested that the cases cited by us in the opinion do not sustain our conclusions, since those authorities clearly set forth that the maxim “contra non va-lentem” may not be invoked in Louisiana unless the…