DEUS v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Nos. 92-4795, 92-4995, 92-5069, 92-5294 and 93-5226.

15 F.3d 506 (1994)

Frank S. DEUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee, Voorhies & Labbé, Intervenor-Appellant. Frank S. DEUS, Plaintiff, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, v. NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE AGENTS' CLUB, INC., and Randy J. Lane, Movants-Appellants. Frank S. DEUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee. Frank S. DEUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO., Defendant, v. VOORHIES & LABBÉ, Intervenor-Appellee Cross-Appellant. Frank S. DEUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom W. Thornhill, Slidell, LA, Jack E. Kennedy, Reno, NV, for Frank S. Deus in No. 92-4995.

Dona J. Dew, Skye Henry Banister, Chaffee, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Allstate Ins. Co. in Nos. 92-4995, 92-5069 and 93-5226.

Keitha A. Leonard, H. Lee Leonard, Lafayette, LA, for Frank S. Deus in Nos. 92-5069 and 92-5294.

John C. Jones, Lafayette, LA, for Voorhies & Labbé in No. 92-5294.

Keitha Leonard, Lafayette, LA, for Frank S. Deus in No. 93-5226.

Before HENDERSON, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

I.

Plaintiff, Frank Deus, was an agent for defendant Allstate Insurance Co. ("Allstate") in its Jackson, Mississippi, region from 1968 until August 1987, when he suffered a mental breakdown rendering him unable to work. He now suffers from severe tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and depression. He claims that Allstate intentionally inflicted severe emotional distress upon him, causing his breakdown. During the time at issue in...

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