MADER v. BABINEAUX

No. 87-326.

526 So.2d 505 (1988)

Charles T. MADER, Individually and as Father and Natural Tutor of the Minor Child, Christiaan Mader, and Suzette N. Mader, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Troy M. BABINEAUX, et al., Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO), Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, Ortego & Woodruff, Calvin E. Woodruff, Jr., Abbeville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hurlburt & Privat, M. Blake Monrose, Lafayette, Cleveland & Metrailer, Ann M. Metrailer, Baton Rouge, Voorhies & Labbe, Cyd Page, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before FORET, STOKER and DOUCET, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

This matter arises out of a personal injury claim, but at this point involves the sole question of penalties and attorney's fees due by an uninsured motorist insurer.

The plaintiffs, Charles and Suzette Mader, have appealed the judgment of the trial court which denied their claim for penalties and attorney's fees against their uninsured motorist carrier, Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO). The Maders filed suit for damages arising...

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