FEDERAL SAV. & LOAN INS. CORP. v. MMAHAT

Civ. A. Nos. 86-5160, 86-5557 to 86-5560, 86-5562, 87-1630, 87-4755, 87-3770, 87-4268, 87-1866, 87-3807, 87-5124, 87-5245, 87-5247, 88-1393, 88-2575, 88-2576, 88-2208, 88-2211 and 89-46.

97 B.R. 293 (1988)

FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION v. John A. MMAHAT, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana, Section A.

Order and Reasons Regarding Policy Exclusions December 28, 1988.

Order and Reasons February 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, Phillip A. Wittmann, James C. Gulotta, Jr., Trial Atty., Sarah S. Vance, Charles L. Stern, Jr., New Orleans, La., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, James P. Murphy, Paul E. Guermann, Harry Quillian, General Counsel, Ralph W. Christy, Deputy General Counsel, William K. Black, Sr., Associate General Counsel, Rodney L. Solenberger, Trial Atty., Federal Home Loan Bank Bd., Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, C. Alan Hennesy, Trial Atty., D. Michael Dendy, L. Eades Hogue, Trial Atty., New Orleans, La., for Elva N. Winters, James B. Cobb.

Hoppe & Schaefer, Henry B. Hoppe, Jr., Trial Atty., E. Gordon Schaefer, Jr., Metairie, La., for William F. Lucas.

Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., John F. Young, Jr., New Orleans, La., Morrison & Biri, Ronald W. Morrison, Metairie, La., for Paul E. Riviere.

Morgan & Williams, Ltd., L. Linton Morgan, New Orleans, La., for Albert Eason.

Frank G. DeSalvo, New Orleans, La., for David Resha.

Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Richard T. Simmons, Jr., Metairie, La., for John A. Mmahat, Mmahat, Duffy, Opotowsky & Walker.

Gauthier, Murphy, Sherman, McCabe and Chehardy, Richard J. Tomeny, Jr., Metairie, La., for Rodney P. Jordy.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevaent, Carrere & Denegre, R. Patrick Vance, William J. Gibbons, Jr., New Orleans, La., for David Keith Gatto.

Bronfin, Heller, Steinberg & Berins, Robert A. Kutcher, New Orleans, La., for John Falgoust.

Joseph C. Mmahat, Metairie, La., pro se.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Eugene R. Preaus, Mark B. Meyers, New Orleans, La., for Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland.

McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini, & Lang, Dermot S. McGlinchey, J. Forrest Hinton, Trial Atty., Stephen W. Rider, New Orleans, La., for Mt. Hawley Ins. Co.

Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, J. Michael Johnson, Trial Atty., John E. Galloway, Marianne S. Pensa, New Orleans, La., for American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa.

McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, Henry Wolbrette, III, Arthur H. Leith, New Orleans, La., for Blitche Architects.

Hurley and Hoffmann, Anita M. Warner, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Buildings.

Warren A. Goldstein, New Orleans, La., for Richard L. Landry, III.

Richard L. Landry, III, Covington, La., pro se.

Wright, Robinson, McCammon, Osthimer & Tatum, Murray H. Wright, Edward E. Nicholas, III, Richmond, Va., Wright, Robinson, McCammon & Tatum, Edward E. Nicholas, Richmond, Va., for American Cas.

Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, John A. Stewart, Jr., Trial Atty., Regel L. Bisso, Denise M. D'Aunoy, Karen L. Sonnier, New Orleans, La., for Continental Cas., Robert L. Marrero, John T. Pender.

Muller & Lehman, Robert C. Lehman, Richard L. Muller, Mandeville, La., for Ronald E. Kilcrease & Associates, Architects/Planners, APC, Ronald E. Kilcrease.

Blue, Williams & Buckley, Donald A. Hammett, Trial Atty., John V. Baus, Jr., Metairie, La., for New England Reinsurance Co.

McCloskey, Langenstein & Stoller, Edward J. McCloskey, Fritz M. Stoller, New Orleans, La., for William C. Hartwell.

Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, Georges M. Legrand, New Orleans, La., for Algoth B. Paulson.

Shushan, Meyer, Jackson, McPherson & Herzog, Donald Meyer, New Orleans, La., for Delery App., Frank Delery.

Ted A. Price, Roy L. Price, New Orleans, La., for Commonwealth Land Title Ins.

Larry C. Pieno, Marrero, La., for Frank Fradella Appraisal Services, Frank Fradella.

William F. Lucas, Harahan, La., pro se.


CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.

ORDER & REASONS REGARDING DISCHARGEABILITY

This litigation has been brought by FSLIC as receiver of Gulf Federal Savings Bank to recover damages incurred by Gulf as a result of alleged wrongful acts by Gulf's former officers, directors and lawyers,1 including legal malpractice claims against Gulf's former lawyers, the firm of Mmahat & Duffy and John Mmahat individually. These claims...

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