HANOVER INS. CO. v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Nos. CA 88-1898, CA 89-0801.

554 So.2d 1261 (1989)

HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al. Robert Scott WOODRUFF v. BAYOU STATE MOBILE HOMES, INC. and Hanover Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Guilbeau, New Orleans, for Hanover Ins. Co.

John W. Perry, Baton Rouge, for Allstate Ins. Co., et al.

James R. Coxe, III, Baton Rouge, for Robert Scott Woodruff.

Denis Paul Juge, New Orleans, for Bayou State Homes, Inc., et al.

Before EDWARDS, LANIER and FOIL, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

In these worker's compensation cases, we are asked to review the rulings of the lower courts with respect to entitlement to compensation benefits, the right of the compensation insurer to obtain reimbursement from a third party tortfeasor, and the assessment of penalties and attorney's fees in the litigation.

FACTS

These appeals arose from two lawsuits, one filed in the 19th Judicial District and the other filed in the 21st Judicial...

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