MORRIS v. KOSPELICH

No. 49141.

218 So.2d 316 (1969)

253 La. 413

Robert L. MORRIS, III, and Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia v. Rudy KOSPELICH, Cooperative Cab Company, Inc., and Joseph McQueen, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dudley A. Philips, Jr., New Orleans, for appellants.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Wood Brown III, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants-respondents.


HAMLIN, Justice:

The question of law herein presented is res nova and because of its importance we directed certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, for review of its judgment which held that plaintiff, Robert L. Morris, III, as a joint tortfeasor, and his insurer, Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia, were entitled to recover in a separate or plenary lawsuit the plaintiffs' virile share of money expended as a result of a voluntary compromise between...

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