Legal Opinion
Dipaola v. Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 25, 2014No. 2014 CA 0037PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.
| zThis is an appeal from a trial court judgment awarding attorney fees. For the following reasons, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff, Gasper W. Dipaola, brought this action for attorney fees pursuant to a reservation of rights contained in the terms of a confidential settlement agreement that resolved a prior lawsuit between him and defendant, Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System (MPERS), and third-party defendant, Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge (CPERS).1 The original lawsuit involved a dispute concerning a miscalculation of…
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