Levi Coleman, Sr. v. H.C. Price Company, et

PER CURIAM: *

This is an appeal from a partial final judgment which dismissed certain plaintiffs’ state law survival claims as untimely. The district court found that the limitations period governing survival claims in Louisiana is peremptive and thus not subject to tolling or interruption. We certify the dispositive question of whether the relevant time period is prescriptive or per-emptive to the Louisiana Supreme Court.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Plaintiffs-Appellants in this class action litigation are pipe yard workers and surviving beneficiaries of pipe yard workers. Plaintiffs’…