FRANK v. P N K (LAKE CHARLES) L.L.C.

No. 18-31060.

947 F.3d 331 (2020)

Maria Steffan FRANK, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Betty Steffan; David Bruce Steffan; Thomas J. Steffan; Cynthia D. Gum; Robert M. Steffan; David B. Steffan, Jr.; Richard L. Steffan; Suzanne L. Kelley, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. P N K (LAKE CHARLES) L.L.C., erroneously named as Pinnacle Entertainment Incorporated, doing business as L'Auberge du Lac Hotel; Casino, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Gibbens, Esq. , Ian Lewis Atkinson, Esq., Attorney, Jacob Kennedy Weixler , Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Chip Brandon Lewis , Law Office of Chip B. Lewis, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant Maria Steffan Frank, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Betty Steffan.

William P. Gibbens, Esq. , Ian Lewis Atkinson, Esq. , Attorney, Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Chip Brandon Lewis , Law Office of Chip B. Lewis, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants David Bruce Steffan, Thomas J. Steffan, Cynthia D. Gum, Robert M. Steffan, David B. Steffan, Jr., Richard L. Steffan, Suzanne L. Kelley.

Philip Andre Fontenot, Sr. , Hallie P. Coreil , Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott, Fontenot, Gideon & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, Zachary Thomas Mayer , Attorney, Mayer L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Andrew J. Mihalick , Mayer, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BARKSDALE, STEWART, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-Appellants, Maria Steffan Frank, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Betty Steffan, David Bruce Steffan, Thomas J. Steffan, Cynthia D. Gum, Robert M. Steffan, David B. Steffan, Jr., Richard L. Steffan, and Suzanne L. Kelley (collectively referred to as "Appellants") initiated this wrongful...

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