TRAVELERS INS. v. ST. JUDE HOSP. OF KENNER, LA.

No. 94-30272.

38 F.3d 1414 (1994)

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. JUDE HOSPITAL OF KENNER, LA., INC., et al., Defendants, Kenneth C. Fonte, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Fonte, Metairie, LA, for appellant.

Brent Bennett Barriere, L. Tiffany Hawkins, Robert S. Eitel, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, for appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Kenneth C. Fonte, counsel for defendants, appeals the district court's imposition of sanctions against him under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (multiplying proceedings "unreasonably and vexatiously"). We AFFIRM.

I.

More than a year after judgment for Travelers Insurance Company (based on a jury verdict) was entered, see Travelers Ins. Co. v. St. Jude Hosp. of Kenner, La., Inc., 21 F.3d 1107 (5th Cir.1994) (No...

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