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Francesca M. LAPUYADE v. RAWBAR INC., d/b/a Acme Oyster House

Louisiana Supreme Court2016-09-06No. No. 2016-C-0908
199 So. 3d 610

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Opinion

majority opinion

In re Moon Marine USA Corporation;— Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiora-ri and/or Review, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 719-934; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 15-CA-705. h Denied.

WEIMER, J., would grant.

CLARK, J., would grant.

CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.

concurrence opinion

CRICHTON, J.,

would grant with order and assigns reasons.

hi would grant this application and reinstate the trial court’s judgment sustaining the exception of prescription. Delictual actions are subject to a liberative prescription of one year. La. C.C. art. 3492. But under the doctrine of contra non valentem, in exceptional circumstances this prescriptive period may be suspended. This includes “where the cause of action is neither known nor reasonably knowable by the plaintiff even though plaintiffs ignorance is not induced by the defendant.” Marin v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 2009-2368, p. 12 (La.10/19/10); 48 So.3d 234, 245. In my view, this plaintiffs claim that her attorney acted negligently in not investí-gating all possible defendants is not a justification for the use of the doctrine of contra non valentem.