Lathan Co. v. Division of Administration

Defendant-Relator, the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Facility Planning and Control (the State), filed for supervisory review of the trial court's denial of the State's declinatory exception raising the objection of insufficiency of service of process by the plaintiff-respondent, The Lathan Company, Inc.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 18, 2016, Lathan filed a petition through facsimile, naming the State as the defendant and seeking damages for breach of contract and violations of La. R.S. 3812191(A).1 The dispute arose out of a public works contract that…