DeSalvo v. Orleans Parish School Board

hLANDRIEU, Judge.

The Orleans Parish School Board appeals a judgment for $841,579.83 (which includes $261,132.14 in attorney’s fees) rendered against it by the trial judge in favor of plaintiffs Graeio DeSalvo, Gary Breaux, and Thomas Patterson, and their spouses, based solely on La.Rev.Stat. 22:657, the penalty provision in Louisiana’s Insurance Code. Plaintiffs, or their spouses, were employed by the School Board and were all participants in the School Board’s health care plan (the plan), which was provided to them as part of their compensation package and which constituted a significant…