Mitchell v. Dairyland Insurance

CHIASSON, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Peggy Ann Mitchell, appeals the judgment of the trial court sustaining defendants-appellees’, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Oscar Garcia, Jr., exception of prescription and dismissing her suit against these defendants.

On October 21, 1978, a collision occurred between a pickup owned by Eugene Delmar Nichols, the insured of defendant Dairyland Insurance Company, and a vehicle driven by Oscar Garcia, Jr., the insured of defendant State Farm. As a result of the collision, the pickup’s passenger door was jammed and could not be opened until…