WILLIAMS v. BERNARD

No. 82-C-1531.

425 So.2d 719 (1983)

Freddie WILLIAMS v. Cornelius BERNARD, Sr., Cornelius Bernard, Jr. and Allstate Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Kelleher Simon, Murphy & Simon, Covington, for applicant.

Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, for respondents.


DENNIS, Justice.

The question presented is whether the court of appeal, 413 So.2d 198, and the trial court misused their discretion by refusing defendant Allstate Insurance Company a new trial for the purpose of proving its policy limits. Allstate contends that it failed to introduce evidence of its policy limits because of its trial attorney's impression that the limits had been stipulated or because of his excusable neglect, and...

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