BUTLER v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY

Civ. A. 1459, 1468-1471.

147 F.Supp. 391 (1956)

Richard E. BUTLER, Sr. and Mrs. Jessie Simon Butler, Plaintiffs, George A. Brancato, Plaintiff, Daniel V. Orsak, Plaintiff, Mrs. Clara Louise Scott, wife of Joseph Guy Krebs and Joseph Guy Krebs, Plaintiffs, Mrs. Denise Jolis, wife of Lawrence M. Polizzi and Lawrence M. Polizzi, Plaintiffs, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff (Charles L. Oakley, Eugene A. Murphy and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Third Party Defendants).

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

December 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Durrett & Hardin, Baton Rouge, La., for Richard E. Butler, Sr., et al.

Kizer, Heaton, Craig & Cangelosi, Baton Rouge, La., for George A. Brancato and Daniel V. Orsak.

Tolmas & Tolmas and A. P. Schiro, III, New Orleans, La., for Mrs. Clara Louise Scott, et al., and Mrs. Denise Jolis, et al.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., for Maryland Cas. Co.

Charles H. Dameron, Baton Rouge, La., for Charles L. Oakley.

Percy, Macmurdo & Avant, Baton Rouge, La., for Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co. and Eugene A. Murphy.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

These damage suits have all been compromised. There remains for adjudication only the counterclaim of the third party defendant, Charles L. Oakley, against the Maryland Casualty Company for attorneys' fees expended by him in the defense of these actions as well as parallel actions filed in the state court.

Oakley was a student at Louisiana State University. At the suggestion of his instructor, his class in Administrative Procedures...

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