85 So. 3d 256 - Prestenback v. Hearn’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 785 So. 2d 779 - Clark v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 436 So. 2d 530 - Chevron Oil Co. v. Traigle · 813 So. 2d 335 - James v. Formosa Plastics Corp. of La. · 338 So. 2d 757 - Kanuk v. Pohlmann · 79 So. 3d 978 - Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development v. Oilfield Heavy Haulers, L.L.C.
Most-quoted passages
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“Dismissal for abandonment is not intended to be punitive; rather, it balances two competing policy considerations: (1) the desire to see every litigant have his day in court without the risk of losing same due to technical carelessness or unavoidable delay, and (2) the legislative purpose that suits, once filed, should not linger indefinitely, preserving stale claims from the normal extinguishing operation of prescription.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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