THIBODEAUX v. BURTON

No. 88-C-1566.

538 So.2d 1001 (1989)

Raphael THIBODEAUX and his Wife, Alice Thibodeaux v. David M. BURTON, ABC Insurance Company and XYZ Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Anzelmo, Sr., Michael Sistrunk, Dermot McGlinchey, McGlinchey, Stafford & Mintz, New Orleans, for applicants.

Thomas Breslin, Jr., Arthur Miller, Susan Chehardy-Williams, Jefferson, Charles LaBarre, New Orleans, Wendell Gauthier, Gauthier, Murphy, Sherman, McCabe & Chehardy, Metairie, Fred Butler, Leslie Lanusse, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, for respondents.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs Raphael Thibodeaux and his wife Alice Thibodeaux filed suit against several defendants as a result of an automobile accident that left him a quadraplegic. Plaintiffs later amended their petition to include Pacific Employers Insurance Company as a defendant in its capacity as the excess insurer of plaintiff's employer, Barriere Construction Company. Pacific failed to answer timely and after the requisite delays, the plaintiffs obtained...

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