Carter v. Pointe Coupee Parish Sch. Board

Defendants-appellants, Stephen Lewis1 and the City of New Roads (the City), appeal the trial court's judgment, awarding damages to twenty-two minor plaintiffs-appellees for the injuries sustained at Rosenwald Elementary School in Point Coupee Parish.2 Finding the claims of seven of the minor plaintiffs prescribed before they were filed, we reverse in part. Additionally, we amend the judgment to award to the minors' representatives the damages sustained by nine minors and, as amended, affirm the trial court's judgment against Lewis and the City.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Lewis was a…