State v. Lexington National Insurance Corp.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

|TIn efforts to enforce numerous unpaid bond forfeiture judgments, the State of Louisiana filed a petition for rule to show cause why a commercial surety and its bondsmen agents should not be prohibited from executing bail bonds until the judgments are paid. The trial court held that the forfeiture judgments were valid and enforceable and granted the State’s petition. The bondsmen agents appealed. The judgment is final against the commercial surety as it never appealed. However, as there is no legal cause of action against the bondsmen under the terms of the bond…