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MARTIN v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CAS. INS.

No. 94-C-0069.

638 So.2d 1067 (1994)

Bruce MARTIN v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Jackson, III, Allen & Gooch, Harry Alston Johnson, III, Michael B. Wallace, for applicant.

Louis D. Bufkin, McHale, Bufkin & Dees, for respondent.

Ann Elizabeth DeGroff Levine, Eugene Peter Urbanowicz, Jr., Richard W. Bussoff, Perry Roger Staub, Jr., for amicus curiae, Ochsner Health Plan (OHP).

WATSON, Justice.1

The issue is whether a health and accident insurer, which pays its insured's medical expenses after an automobile accident, is entitled to legal subrogation against the tortfeasors.

FACTS

On October 27, 1987, guest passenger Bruce Martin was injured in a two-vehicle collision. Martin sued the drivers, the owners, and the insurers of both vehicles. Golden Rule Insurance Company, Martin's health and accident...

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