Owens v. Martin

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• prescription began to run at time plaintiff was informed of his diagnosis
• “[Plaintiff] did not become aware of his cause of action against defendants until the disease was diagnosed in 1980. In such a case, contra non valentem would apply to suspend the running of prescription during the period between the initial damages and the diagnosis.”

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Cited by

84 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cole v. Celotex Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1992-05-28· cited 353×
• City of New Orleans v. Board of Com'rs
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1994-07-05· cited 345×
• New York Life Insurance v. Deshotel
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-06-01· cited 208×
• Marin v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2010-10-19· cited 196×
• Roberts v. Sewerage and Water Bd.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1994-03-21· cited 135×
• Charles Nagle v. Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish State of Louisiana, Lt. Clifford Montecino, Detective Patricia Laura, Deputy John Doe
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-01-08· cited 98×
• Eagle Pipe and Supply, Inc. v. Amerada Hess Corporation
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2011-10-26· cited 97×
• Rayne State Bank & Trust Co. v. Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1986-02-24· cited 84×
• Austin v. Abney Mills, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2002-09-04· cited 80×
• Bunge Corp. v. Gatx Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1990-03-12· cited 74×
• Julius Ducre v. The Executive Officers of Halter Marine, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-03-14· cited 66×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 14,222 Carl O. Brown, Jr. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-06-09· cited 64×
• Metairie III v. Poche' Construction, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2010-09-29· cited 37×
• Ebinger v. Venus Construction Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2011-07-01· cited 35×
• Lambert v. RIVERBOAT GAMING ENFORC. DIV.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1997-12-29· cited 33×
• Pierre v. Lallie Kemp Charity Hosp.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1987-10-14· cited 33×
• Lebleu v. Southern Silica of Louisiana
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1989-12-20· cited 31×
• Thomas v. Hartford Ins. Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1989-02-28· cited 28×
• Julius Ducre v. Mine Safety Appliances, Joseph Bartholomew v. Avondale Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-06-10· cited 23×
• Olivier v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1986-12-10· cited 22×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Canter v. Koehring Company
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1973-09-24· cited 2,946×
• Bazley v. Tortorich
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-02-26· cited 554×
• Corsey v. State, Through Dept. of Corrections
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-10-08· cited 282×
• Haskins v. Clary
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-05-16· cited 159×
• Guidry v. Theriot
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-11-12· cited 110×
• Trahan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1975-05-29· cited 94×
• Seals v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-03-01· cited 62×
• Lucas v. Commercial Union Insurance Company
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1967-04-17· cited 36×
• Lee v. City of Baton Rouge
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1962-12-10· cited 29×
• Thomas v. W & W CLARKLIFT, INC.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-10-12· cited 27×
• Quick v. Murphy Oil Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1984-01-25· cited 24×
• Owens v. Martin
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1983-04-05· cited 9×

Other cases named Owens v. Martin

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Owens v. Martin
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1983-04-05· cited 9×
• Owens v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-10-07· cited 3×
• Owens v. Martin
  Third Circuit· 1980-10-03