Bertrand v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

Full title: Estella BERTRAND, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INS…

Court: Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Jun 25, 1986

491 So. 2d 482 (La. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

491 So.2d 482 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1986) Estella BERTRAND, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO., Defendants-Appellees. No. 85-732. Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Third Circuit. June 25, 1986

       Rehearing Denied July 24, 1986.

       Appeal from 31st J.D.C. Court, Parish of Jefferson Davis; William N. Knight, Judge.

       Raleigh Newman, Lake Charles, Jones, Joness&sAlexander, J.B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, for plaintiffs-appellants.

       Pughs&s Boudreaux, Charles J. Boudreaux, Sr. and Donlon Pugh, Lafayette, Plauche, Smiths&sNieset, James R. Nieset, Lake Charles, Watson, Blanche, etc., Ambrose K. Ramsey, III, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

       Before STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ., and BERTRAND, J. Pro Tem. ^*

* Judge Lucien Bertrand of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judge Pro Tempore.

       YELVERTON, Judge.

       For the reasons given in Bertrand v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 491 So.2d 474 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1986), the judgment of the trial court dismissing the claims against Jennings-American Legion Hospital, Dr. Chris Schumacher, and St. Paul Fires&sMarine Insurance Company is reversed, and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings. The judgment dismissing Dr. Richard McGregor is affirmed. Jennings-American Legion Hospital, Dr. Chris Schumacker, and St. Paul Fires&sMarine Insurance Company will pay the costs of this appeal.        AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; AND REMANDED.

       STOKER, J., concurs for written reasons assigned in our docket No. 85-732.

       STOKER, Judge, concurring.

       I concur in the holding and judgment of the majority in this case for the reasons assigned by me in the companion case bearing the same caption as this case but bearing our docket number 85-733. 491 So.2d 474.