FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE	NEWS RELEASE #065
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

 

The Opinions handed down on the 2nd day of November, 2012, are as follows:

 

BY WEIMER, J.:

2011-C -2835 HELEN DUCKWORTH v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY C/W TONY SMITH v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)

The judgments of the district courts sustaining defendant’s exceptions of prescription and dismissing plaintiffs’ petitions as prescribed are reversed and the cases are remanded to the respective district courts for further proceedings.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.

VICTORY, J., dissents with reasons.

2012-CC-0152 DAVID AND DEMETRIA QUINN v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION (Parish of Jefferson)

For the reasons stated herein, the judgment of the district court is reversed and judgment is rendered sustaining the exception of prescription; however, the case is remanded to the district court to allow plaintiffs an opportunity to amend and supplement their petition.
REVERSED; EXCEPTION OF PRESCRIPTION SUSTAINED; CASE REMANDED.

VICTORY, J., dissents in part and concurs in part and assigns reasons.