SWC SERVICES v. ECHELON CONST. SERVICES

No. 2010 CA 1113.

56 So.3d 1254 (2011)

SWC SERVICES, LLC v. ECHELON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC and Chenier Property Partners, LLC and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clint L. Pierson , Covington, LA, Intervenor/Appellee In Proper Person.

David J. Krebs , Marc L. Domres , Sandra Sutak , New Orleans, LA, for Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America.

Lloyd N. Shields , Elizabeth L. Gordon , Katy B. Kennedy , New Orleans, LA and Richard C. Stanley , W. Raley Alford, III , Michael J. Palestina , New Orleans, LA, for Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Chenier Property Partners, LLC.

Before WHIPPLE, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.


McCLENDON, J.

A payment bond insurer appeals a trial court judgment against it that awarded sanctions to a subcontractor's previous counsel personally after settlement of the underlying dispute. For the following reasons, we vacate in part the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On January 18, 2007, Chenier Property Partners, L.L.C. (Chenier), as owner, and Echelon Construction Services, L.L.C. (Echelon), as general contractor...

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