Case Name: Ernest RODNEY v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2013-01-16
Citations: 108 So. 3d 1184
Docket Number: No. 2012-CA-1163
Parties: Ernest RODNEY v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY.
Judges: (Court composed of Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 108
Pages: 1184–1184

Head Matter:
Ernest RODNEY v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 2012-CA-1163.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
Jan. 16, 2013.
Salvador M. Brocato, III, Law Office of Salvador M. Brocato, III, APLC, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.
Cherrell R. Simms, Richard E. King, Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.
(Court composed of Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).

Opinion:
JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.
| plaintiff, Ernest Rodney, appeals the February 13, 2012 judgment, granting the exception of prescription filed by Assurance Company of America. We hereby vacate the judgment appealed from, and remand this matter to the trial court for reconsideration in light of the recent Louisiana Supreme Court opinion in Duckworth v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, 2011-2835 (La.11/2/12), — So.3d -, 2012 WL 5374248.
JUDGMENT VACATED; REMANDED.