PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. v. INDUSTRIAL LAMINATES CORP.

No. 81-3187 Summary Calendar.

664 F.2d 1332 (1982)

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INDUSTRIAL LAMINATES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Faller, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael A. Patterson, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

The sole issue in this diversity case involving defective construction materials is which prescriptive period is applicable to plaintiff's cause of action under Louisiana law. We agree that the action was properly treated as one in redhibition calling for a one-year period.

Plaintiff PPG Industries, Inc. was a subcontractor for the construction of a building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As part...

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