STRAIN v. TRINCHARD

No. 2005 CA 1433.

938 So.2d 1008 (2006)

Rodney J. STRAIN, Jr. in his Capacity as Sheriff of St. Tammany Parish v. Clare W. TRINCHARD, Esq., Leigh Ann Schell, Esq. Trinchard & Trinchard, L.L.C. and Northwestern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Smith, Metairie, Counsel for Appellant/Intervenor Gerald Burge.

Charles M. Hughes, Jr., Craig J. Robichaux, Gary L. Hanes, Mandeville, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee Rodney J. Strain, Jr.

Bruse A. Cranner, New Orleans, Counsel for Intervenor/Appellee H.S. Stanley, Jr.

Nancy J. Marshall, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Northwestern National Insurance Company.

Gus A. Fritchie, III, James L. Trinchard, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendants/Appellee Trinchard & Trinchard.

Panel composed of Ad Hoc Judges JAMES L. CANELLA, MARION F. EDWARDS and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge, Ad Hoc.

At issue in this appeal is whether intervenor, Gerald Burge, has a right of action against defendants, the law firm of Trinchard & Trinchard, L.L.C. and Leigh Ann Schell, an attorney. To properly consider the merits of the appeal of the grant of the no right of action exception brought by the defendants, it is necessary to review the lengthy and complex history of this matter.

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