Illinois Central Railroad v. Broussard

¶ 15. I concur with the majority that the grant of rehearing is appropriate and that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed. The majority has given a suitable account of the facts in the instant case, so they will not be reiterated here. Since I joined the majority in our original opinion to reverse, I write separately to explain briefly why I have now concluded that the trial judge was correct when he considered whether Edwin Broussard’s counsel’s actions were egregious and when he denied Illinois Central Railroad Company’s motion seeking attorneys’ fees.

¶ 16. In our prior…