GOFF v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 85-957.

497 So.2d 747 (1986)

Catherine Ann GOFF, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy and Hattan, M. Candice Hattan, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Voorhies and Labbe, Robert Ellender and Thomas Hightower, Jr., Lafayette, Davidson, Meaux, John G. Swift, Lafayette, Sonnier and Hebert, Paul J. Hebert, Abbeville, Grace Powers Monaco, White, Fine and Verville, Washington, D.C., Cliffe E. Laborde and Elizabeth O'Brien, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY, FORET, YELVERTON and KING, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

This case arose when defendants denied plaintiff's claims for medical insurance benefits. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Catherine Ann Goff, and against defendants, Reliance Insurance Company and John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, this appeal follows. The sole issue on appeal concerns the amount of attorney's fees awarded plaintiff. The merits of the case are not at issue.

The facts surrounding this action are completely undisputed...

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