Coker v. Morris

I,GASKINS, J.

The plaintiffs, James and Kay Coker, appeal from a trial court judgment which granted an exception of prescription filed by Donald Ray Taylor, II, one of the defendants. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

On September 4, 2000, a fire destroyed the plaintiffs’ mobile home, barn and fields in Logansport, DeSoto Parish. On March 21, 2001, the plaintiffs filed suit against their neighbors, Rusty and Sissy Morris and their insurer, ABC Insurance Company, asserting that “unknown children” visiting the Morris property started the fire. Also named as defendants were “John and Mary Doe,” the…