RAPP v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 95-CA-1638.

681 So.2d 433 (1996)

Frederick RAPP, et al, v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1996.

Order Clarifying Decision on Denial of Rehearing November 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil J. Kohlman, Assistant City Attorney, Milton Osborne, Jr., Deputy City Attorney, Avis Marie Russell, City Attorney, New Orleans, and Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, L.L.P., James A. Babst, Dona J. Dew, Scott C. Barney, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robein, Urann & Lurye, Magdalen Blessey Bickford, Louis L. Robein, Jr., Metairie, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before BYRNES, ARMSTRONG and WALTZER, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

The City of New Orleans appeals an adverse ruling on motion for summary judgment involving twenty separate worker's compensation claims asserted against it by twenty retired employees of the New Orleans Fire Department. The plaintiffs answered the appeal asking for an increase in attorney's fees and penalties awarded by the hearing officer as compensation for the extra burden placed on the plaintiffs by virtue of defending this appeal, which plaintiffs...

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