HICKS v. SOMERS

No. 90-C-0885.

567 So.2d 1137 (1990)

Lionel J. HICKS, Sr. v. J.W. SOMERS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied October 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph C. Slone, Richard A. Swartz, Slidell, for relator.

H. Philip Radecker, Jr., New Orleans, Virgil A. Lacy, Metairie, Terrill Boykin, Michael R. Sistrunk, New Orleans, for respondents.

SCHOTT, C.J., and BARRY and BECKER, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari in order to consider whether the trial court's denial of relator's motion to compel production of documents was valid.

Relator is the plaintiff in a personal injury suit. Respondent is his uninsured motorist (UM) carrier. Plaintiff seeks to recover penalties and attorney fees for respondent's arbitrary and unreasonable refusal to pay his claim. He sought a blanket inspection of the files maintained by respondent's...

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