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ABADIE v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 97-CA-932 to 97-CA-940.

712 So.2d 932 (1998)

Douglas R. ABADIE, et al. v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Selman, II, Richard C. Badeaux, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Pointevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., Dorothy S. Watkins, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, Richard P. Sulzer, Metairie, Kevin C. O'Bryon, New Orleans, James R. Logan, IV, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Mickey P. Landry, Frank J. Swarr, L. Dawn Smith, LeBlanc, Maples & Waddell, L.L.C., New Orleans, Robert G. Creely, Jacob J. Amato, Jr., Amato and Creely, Gretna, of counsel, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GRISBAUM, BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.

GRISBAUM, Judge.

Defendants-appellants, Metropolitan Life, et al., appeal the trial court's judgment denying their motion to enforce a transaction and compromise. We affirm.

ISSUE

The sole issue presented for review is whether the litigants' settlement, which was not written but recited in open court, without setting out the specific terms, is enforceable.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case involves 106 plaintiffs...

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