MOREIN v. AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 1869.

192 So.2d 887 (1966)

Florence MOREIN et vir, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weber & Weber, by Richard W. Langford, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Fusilier, Pucheu & Soileau, by A. Gaynor Soileau, Ville Platte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ, and SAVOY, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

This is a suit by a wife and her husband against the wife's insurer ("American Physicians"). The policy issued by American Physicians provided for indemnity for hospital and surgery expenses. The trial court awarded the plaintiffs the full amount of benefits due under the policy and, additionally, penalties and attorney's fees for the defendant's unreasonable failure to pay timely a claim arising under its health and accident policy. See LSA-R.S. 22:657...

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