Damion Comeaux v. Austin J. Romero

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

15-476

DAMION COMEAUX

VERSUS

AUSTIN J. ROMERO, ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF VERMILION, NO. 98981
HONORABLE PATRICK L. MICHOT, DISTRICT JUDGE

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MARC T. AMY
JUDGE

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Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Marc T. Amy, and Shannon J. Gremillion,
Judges.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

Daniel J. Balhoff
Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff,
Mengis, Burns & Ellis, LLC
Post Office Drawer 83260
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-3260
(225) 767-7730
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT:
Damion Comeaux

J. Chandler Loupe
McKernan Law Firm
5630 Bankers Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
(225) 767-2222
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT:
Damion Comeaux

Valerie T. Schexnayder
Robicheaux & Collins
450 Laurel Street, Suite 1701
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
(225) 382-5550
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE/APPELLANT:
Zurich American Insurance Company

Karen Day White
Louisiana Municipal Association
700 North Tenth Street, Suite 440
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(225) 334-5001
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES:
City of Abbeville
The Louisiana Municipal Association
Austin J. Romero
Abbeville Police Department

AMY, Judge.

For the reasons expressed in the companion case of Damion Comeaux v.

Austin J. Romero, et al., 15-473 (La.App. 3 Cir. _/_/_), _ So.3d _, the judgment of

the trial court sustaining the exception of prescription of the City of Abbeville,

Abbeville Police Department, and Austin J. Romero is reversed. This matter is

remanded to the trial court for reinstatement of the plaintiff’s claims against the

City of Abbeville, Abbeville Police Department, and Austin J. Romero. Costs of

this proceeding, docket number 15-476, are assessed to the defendants—appellees,

City of Abbeville, Abbeville Police Department, and Austin J. Romero.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.