JEANSONNE v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 08-932.

11 So.3d 1160 (2009)

Faye O. JEANSONNE v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Masur, Christopher B. Bailey, Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Egan, LLP, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-OMNI Energy Services Corp.

James M. Garner, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., Joshua S. Force, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Nutmeg Insurance Company.

Ted Warren Hoyt, D. Reardon Stanford, Hoyt & Stanford, LLC, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Succession of David Jeansonne.

John Walter Hutchinson, Lamont P. Domingue, Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee-Faye O. Jeansonne.

Maura Z. Pelleteri, Thomas M. Beh, Andrea A. Mittleider, Krebs, Farley & Pelleteri, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-New York Life Insurance Company.

André F. Toce, Broussard, LA, for Defendant/Appellant-Dixie Chris Omni, L.L.C.

Michael J. Juneau, Sue Nations Juneau David, APLC, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Edward D. Langley.

David P. Salley, Maria Najwa Rabieh, Salley, Hite & Mercer, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Zurich American Insurance Company.

Cole J. Griffin, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellant-Dixie Chris Omni, L.L.C.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

Appellant investor, Dixie Chris Omni, L.L.C. (Dixie), asserted fraud claims against the estate of David Jeansonne, the deceased chief executive officer (CEO) of OMNI Energy Services Corporation (OMNI), and against Jeansonne's life insurance agent, Edward D. "Denny" Langley, who was dismissed from the suit in 2005. Dixie brought claims of vicarious liability against New York Life Insurance Company (New York Life), as the employer of Langley...

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