Opinion

Watters v. Department of Social Services

  • 2008 La.App. 4 Cir. 0977
  • 15 So. 3d 1128
  • 2009 La. App. LEXIS 1285
  • 2009 WL 1709582
Court
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Filed
Jun 17, 2009
Status
Published
Author
Armstrong
On the bench
Armstrong, Murray, Kirby, Love, Bonin
Cited by
44 cases

Under the “continuing tort” doctrine, when the cause of injury is a continuous one giving rise to successive damages, prescription does not begin to run until the conduct causing the damages is abated

How later courts described this case

  • Under the “continuing tort” doctrine, when the cause of injury is a continuous one giving rise to successive damages, prescription does not begin to run until the conduct causing the damages is abated

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ARMSTRONG, C.J.,

concurs.

hi respectfully concur in the result reached by the majority.

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