FIRST GUAR. BK. v. ATTYS' LIAB. ASSUR. SOC.

No. CA-6795.

506 So.2d 595 (1987)

FIRST GUARANTY BANK OF HAMMOND v. ATTORNEYS' LIABILITY ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LTD. and Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted June 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Leake, Jr., Alan Dean Weinberger, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, New Orleans, (Glen G. Reid, Wildman, Harrold, Allen Dixon & McDonnell, Memphis, Tenn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant First Guar. Bank of Hammond.

W.K. Christovich, Joseph R. Ballard, Christovich and Kearney, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Liability Assur. Soc., Ltd.

Before KLEES and ARMSTRONG, JJ., and HUFFT, J., pro tem.


KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the granting of an exception to the in personam jurisdiction of the district court urged by defendant Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Ltd. ["ALAS"]. We affirm.

Plaintiff, First Guaranty Bank of Hammond, brought this suit against the law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre ["Jones, Walker"] alleging legal malpractice. Also made a defendant was ALAS...

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