Williams v. ATMOS ENERGY CORP.

JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

|2The plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment granting an exception of prescription filed by the Parish of Jefferson (the Parish). The Parish filed in this Court a motion to dismiss the appeal as untimely. We find merit to the Parish’s motion and accordingly dismiss the plaintiffs’ appeal as untimely.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This matter arises from a natural gas leak that allegedly occurred in Jefferson Parish on November 17, 2004. The plaintiffs consist of approximately sixty persons who filed suit against Atmos Energy Cor poration (Atmos) on November 16, 2005…