NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. DESHOTEL

Nos. 96-31260, 96-31269.

142 F.3d 873 (1998)

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jane DESHOTEL; et al., Defendants, June G. Smith, Defendant-Appellant. June G. SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs, June G. Smith, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia N. Roddy, Jennifer M. Lawrence, Preaus, Roddy & Krebs, New Orleans, LA, for New York Life Ins. Co.

Raymond B. Landry, Mollere & Flanagan, Metairie, LA, Malvern F. Driscoll, New Orleans, LA, for June G. Smith.

Before JOLLY, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated appeals, Appellant June G. Smith,1 whose claim to be the sole beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policies was rejected in previous litigation, seeks to have us reverse (1) the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana enjoining Smith from prosecuting two delictual civil actions against New York Life based on the alleged negligence of New York...

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