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RUTLEDGE v. LIABILITY INS. INDUSTRY

Civ. A. No. 781506.

487 F.Supp. 5 (1979)

William P. RUTLEDGE v. The LIABILITY INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division.

June 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Rutledge, Domengeaux & Wright, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff.

Chester Francipane, Francipane, Regan & St. Pee, Metairie, La., for Employers Insurance Co. of Wausau.

Harry S. Redmon, Jr., Rutledge C. Clement, Jr., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for Crum & Forster.

J. Winston Fontenot, Lafayette, La., for Aetna Casualty.

Ernest A. Carrere, Jr., & Anthony M. Fazzio, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Travelers Ins. Co.

Paul B. Deal, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Aetna Casualty & Surety.

Ralph L. Kaskell, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Companies.

RULING ON MOTIONS

W. EUGENE DAVIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, an attorney who regularly represents personal injury claimants on a contingent fee basis, seeks to enjoin publication of certain insurance industry advertisements. Plaintiff charges that defendants' advertising campaign is an attempt by them to improperly influence jurors to award lower amounts in damages. By encouraging the jurors to consider impermissible facts in their deliberations, the ads...

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