623 So. 2d 677 - Freedlander, Inc. v. Certain’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 436 So. 2d 530 - Chevron Oil Co. v. Traigle · Crooks v. American Mutual Liability Insurance · Henderson v. Louisiana Downs, Inc. · 338 So. 2d 757 - Kanuk v. Pohlmann · Kanuk v. Pohlmann
Most-quoted passages
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“Art. 561. Abandonment in trial and appellate court A. (1) An action is abandoned when the parties fail to take any step in its prosecution or defense in the trial court for a period of three years ... B. Any formal discovery as authorized by this Code and served on all parties ivhether or not filed of record, including the taking of a deposition with or without formal notice, shall be deemed to be a step in the prosecution or defense of an action, (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Although requests for service are considered steps in prosecution, the subsequent actions of the process server in carrying out service and filing the service return in the trial court are not considered steps in prosecution. Seligman v. G.A. Scott & Bro., 17 La.App. 486 , 134 So. 771 (2d Cir.1931).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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