CLEANING SPECIALISTS, INC. v. JOHNSON

Nos. 96-CA-2677, 97-CA-0001.

695 So.2d 562 (1997)

CLEANING SPECIALISTS, INC. v. Samuel JOHNSON, Jr. Samuel JOHNSON, Jr. v. UNITED SOUTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, Paula C. Fox, Earl J. Fox, Jr. and Zurich Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmond J. Harris, Valteau, Harris, Koenig & Mayer, New Orleans, for Appellant Samuel Johnson, Jr.

Kirk L. Landry, Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Ltd., Baton Rouge, for Appellees Cleaning Specialists, Inc. and Louisiana Construction and Industry Self Insurers Fund.

Patrick C. Grace, Law Office of Robert J. Neal, Metairie, for Appellees Zurich Insurance Company, American Zurich Insurance Company and Zurich America Insurance Group Companies.

Before LOBRANO, ARMSTRONG and LANDRIEU, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

The central issue in these consolidated cases is whether an employer's compensation insurer has a right to reimbursement and/or credit from the employer's uninsured/underinsured (UM) motorist carrier even though the UM policy specifically excludes any benefit to the compensation carrier. Because these cases involve the same factual scenario and the legal issues are intertwined, we have consolidated them for purposes of this appeal. One is an appeal...

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