HALE v. F.A. RICHARD & ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 32,907-CA.

756 So.2d 1261 (2000)

Julie Bartlett HALE and James Brian Hale, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F.A. RICHARD & ASSOCIATES, INC., Michelle Campisi, and Sonia Barnett, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert W. Block, Jr., Monroe, Counsel for Appellants.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio by John B. Saye, Monroe, Counsel for Appellees.

Before BROWN, GASKINS and PEATROSS, JJ.


BROWN, J.

Plaintiffs filed this tort action against the third-party administrator of a workers' compensation self-insurance plan and two of its employees. The trial court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs appealed. Finding that a third-party administrator cannot be held responsible to a claimant for the failure to approve medical treatment because such a decision is the sole responsibility of the insurer, we affirm in part and vacate in part...

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