DELESDERNIER v. PORTERIE

No. 80-3564.

666 F.2d 116 (1982)

Gloria DELESDERNIER, wife of Clay N. Gerald, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis B. PORTERIE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger R. Roy, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ and RANDALL, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a suit for malpractice arising out of defendants' representation of plaintiff in a protracted litigation of land claims. The malpractice litigation itself has gone through two full trials and plaintiff now seeks reversal and a third trial. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

In March of 1957, plaintiff Gloria Delesdernier employed defendant Louis Porterie and his law firm, then known as Duke, Porterie & Davidson...

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