(September 29, 2020, 2:47 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana appellate panel on Sept. 21 affirmed class certification in a lawsuit by two towing companies seeking reimbursement of fines paid under a state provision that has since been deemed unconstitutional and denied an exception of prescription filed by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Office of State Police, finding that a 30-day filing deadline cited by the Office of State Police is not applicable (Mid-City Automotive, L.L.C. v. Louisiana, The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, Nos. 2019 CA 1429 and 2019 CW 1552, La. App., 1st Cir., 2020 La. App. LEXIS 1356)....