IN RE PETER

No. 98-CA-0701

735 So.2d 665 (1998)

In re Patricia PETER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Birdsall, Jr., Birdsall, Rodriguez, Kehoe & Riley, New Orleans, for Appellee.

Ermence Debose-Parent, New Orleans, for Appellant.

Court composed of Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the client consented to a settlement of her personal injury claim, which her attorney negotiated on her behalf. Attorney and plaintiff, Michael Rodriguez, filed for declaratory judgment to determine the rights and obligations between himself and defendant, Patricia Peter. The question resolved by the declaratory judgment action was whether or not Ms. Peter consented to the settlement that Mr. Rodriguez entered...

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