United States Fifth Circuit
Louisiana Patients' Comp. Fund v. St Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 04-30591
The Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act does not provide a cause of action for violations of an insurer's duty of good faith and reasonable care.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/07/2005
- Published 06/07/2005
Judges
- DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Merrick J. Norman, Jr. (argued), Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Harry Alston Johnson, III (argued), Phelps Dunbar, Robert Joseph Burns, Jr., Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis & Burns, Baton Rouge, LA, Neil C. Abramson, Phelps Dunbar, William H. Howard, III, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.