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CASE v. RELIANCE INS. COMPANIES

Nos. 8698 and 8699.

355 So.2d 601 (1978)

Emily Louise CASE, Administratrix of the Succession of Joseph Rodney Morvant, v. RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Mrs. Jeanette SANCHEZ v. RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied March 14, 1978.

Writ Refused May 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martzell & Montero, Charles W. Dittmer, Jr., New Orleans, for Jeanette Sanchez, plaintiffs-appellees.

Francis G. Weller of Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for Reliance Ins. Co., defendant-appellant.

E. Gordon Schaefer, Jr. of Windhorst, Heisler, De Laup & Wysocki, New Orleans, for Emily Louise Case, plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOUTALL, SCHOTT and GARSAUD, JJ.

BOUTALL, Judge.

These are suits by beneficiaries of decedents Floyd Sanchez and Joseph Morvant on a policy of group accident insurance issued by Reliance Insurance Co. for benefits due them. The trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, granting them the benefits plus statutory penalties and attorney's fees for arbitrary failure of the insurance company to remit. The insurance company appeals.

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