Lavan v. Nowell

JiTHIBODEAUX, Judge.

Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA), the statutory successor to Automotive Casualty Insurance Company, and Robert E. Nowell appeal the trial court’s grant of a peremptory exception of res judicata filed by American Manufacturers Mutual Insur-*317anee Company, the uninsured motorist carrier of the plaintiff, Damien Lavan. The peremptory exception of res judicata concerned whether an agreement to settle, confirmed in open court with reference to a letter submitted to |2the court stating the terms of the settlement agreed to, was sufficient to constitute a compromise…