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SMITH v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 72-2851 Summary Calendar.

471 F.2d 840 (1972)

Edgar D. SMITH and Hugh E. Smith, Both Individually and as Representatives of the Estate of Rose Champlin Heyer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell G. Lindsay, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Donald S. Zuber, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Both parties to this appeal from the trial court's order, D.C., 344 F.Supp. 555, entering a summary judgment in favor of the defendant attorneys (and their insurer) agree that the correct Louisiana standard of care to be applied in an attorney malpractice1 suit was succinctly enunciated by the Louisiana Court of Appeals in Ramp v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co...

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