SUMNER v. MATHES

No. 2010-CA-0438.

52 So.3d 931 (2010)

Jane SUMNER v. Kimberly MATHES, The City of New Orleans, Sanitation Department and Progressive Security Insurance Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Recile , Chehardy Sherman Ellis Murray Recile Griffith Stakelum & Hayes, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, W. Shelby McKenzie , Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, Walter R. Woodruff, Jr. , Edward S. Bopp-A Law Corporation, Mandeville, LA, for Jane Sumner.

Charles V. Giordano , Tasha W. Hebert , Hebbler & Giordano, LLC, Metairie, LA, for Progressive Security Insurance Company.

Joseph Maselli, Jr. , Plauche' Maselli Parkerson LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Vigilant Insurance Company.

Angela P. McCulloch , Stanley K. Hurder , Marjorie F. O'Connor , Office of Group Benefits, Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenor/Appellant, Office of Group Benefits.

(Court composed of Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge PAUL A. BONIN).


EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge.

In this appeal, Plaintiff Jane Sumner and Office of Group Benefits, intervenor, contend that the trial court erred in granting the summary judgment filed by the Uninsured/Underinsured ("UM") insurers, Progressive Security Insurance Company and Vigilant Insurance Company, dismissing them from this action. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

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