SHAVERS v. OLANO

No. 85-CA-708.

487 So.2d 652 (1986)

Rebecca SHAVERS v. Rudolph OLANO, Jr., and the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Roe, Asst. Parish Atty., Parish of Plaquemines, Belle Chasse, for defendants-appellants.

Pierre F. Gaudin and Pierre F. Gaudin, Jr., Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, DUFRESNE and WICKER, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

In this case the parties have posed an interesting question: Do the mere signing of a release form and endorsement of the accompanying settlement checks perfect a compromise of a claim so that the injured party is bound thereby, although she subsequently changes her mind, scratches out her endorsement on the checks and returns the checks without negotiating them?

Our Supreme Court has already answered that question with a "yes." See Felder...

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