Edwards v. Board of Trustees

LEBLANC, Judge.

Defendants, the Board of Trustees of the State Employees Group Benefits Program (Group Benefits) and Lynn Browning, appeal the judgment of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of the State of Louisiana, and Bill Lynch, State Inspector General.

Group Benefits administers an accident and health insurance program for State employees and their families. Based on allegations that medical reimbursement claims for family members of Betty Browning, Group Benefits’ Claims Processing Manager, were improperly paid, Bill Lynch began an…