THOMPSON v. BROWN & ROOT, INC.

No. 5-135.

422 So.2d 1276 (1982)

Alice THOMPSON v. BROWN & ROOT, INC., and Life Insurance Company of the Southwest.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Hackman, Boutte, for Alice and Waymon Thompson, plaintiffs-appellants.

Harry Morgan, Luling, for Marrion Wallace, plaintiff-appellant.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Virginia N. Roddy, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before CHEHARDY, BOWES and GRISBAUM, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

Alice Thompson and Marrion Wallace, the mother and fiance of decedent Ricky B. Thompson, filed this suit for breach of contract and penalties and attorney's fees against his late employer, Brown & Root, Inc., and its group insurer, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, for failure to pay insurance benefits due following Thompson's death. They appeal from a judgment dismissing their suit on defendant's motion for summary judgment.

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