at 187-88 (quoting Bustamento v. Tucker, 607 So.2d 532, 537 (La.1992)); see also, David v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, 849 So.2d 38, 2003 WL 21511739 at *5 ("Statutes providing for prescriptive periods are to be strictly construed in favor of maintaining a cause of action”); Lima v. Schmidt, 595 So.2d 624, 629 (La.1992); Foster v. Breaux, 263 La. 1112, 270 So.2d 526, 529 (1972) ("Under Louisiana jurisprudence, prescriptive statutes are strictly construed, and of two permissible constructions that is adopted which favors maintaining rather than barring the action”); United Carbon Co. v. Mississippi River Fuel Corp., 230 La, 709, 89 So.2d 209, 212 (1956); Mansur v. Abraham, 183 La. 633, 164 So. 421, 425 (1935). Cf. State v. Stewart Bros. Cotton, 193 La. 16, 190 So. 317, 320 (1939) (<HOLDING>). 48 . Cole, 620 So.2d. at 1156. 49 . This
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