SIMAR v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

No. 84-995.

483 So.2d 196 (1986)

Betty Melancon SIMAR and Gary D. Simar, Substituted plaintiffs for deceased plaintiff, Charles W. Simar and Travelers Insurance Company (intervenor), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and Hartford Insurance Group, Hartford Indemnity Company and Dr. Robert J. Rivet, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied March 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillory, McGee & Mayeux, Robert K. Guillory, Eunice, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Voorhies & Labbe, H. Lee Leonard, Mouton & Roy, Harmon F. Roy, Marc W. Judice, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Grayson H. Brown, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee-appellant and John O. Kopynec.

Before GUIDRY, FORET and DOUCET, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice suit brought by plaintiff, Charles W. Simar1 against defendant, Dr. Robert J. Rivet and his professional liability insurer, the Hartford Insurance Group. The alleged malpractice involves the medical care rendered for the treatment of a worker's compensation claim. Travelers Insurance Company, the worker's compensation insurer, intervened for worker's compensation benefits paid to the plaintiff...

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