Case Name: Earl B. JAMISON v. William Earl HILTON, etc.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1999-02-05
Citations: 730 So. 2d 871
Docket Number: No. 98-C-2916
Parties: Earl B. JAMISON v. William Earl HILTON, etc.
Judges: KNOLL, J., concurs with reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 730
Pages: 871–871

Head Matter:
Earl B. JAMISON v. William Earl HILTON, etc.
No. 98-C-2916.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 5, 1999.
KNOLL, J., concurs with reasons.
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

Opinion:
KNOLL, Justice,
Concurring.
Denied. The result is correct. La.R.S. 13:5107(D), as amended and reenacted by 1997 La.Acts 518, § 1, provides in Section 5 that "[t]he provisions of this Act shall be applicable only to suits filed on and after its effective date." Act 518 became effective January 1, 1998, and in my view this is interpretive legislation, and therefore the amended statute was not applicable to this action, which was filed on June 4,1993.
Johnson, J., not on panel. See Rule IV, Part 2, § 3.