Legal Opinion
Russell v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 10, 1997No. 96-C-2649PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
686 So.2d 817 (1997)
Shirley Lebreton RUSSELL
v.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD, Mary Rosa Prieto, Wife of/and Emanuel G. Defraites.
No. 96-C-2649.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 10, 1997.
PER CURIAM.[*]
WRIT GRANTED.
FACTS
This writ presents the issue of whether an attorney's failure to give notice to opposing counsel of his intent, in an on-going petitory action, to take a default judgement against opposing counsel's client is an ill practice under La.Code Civ.P. art. 2004[1]. The trial judge annulled the default judgment obtained against the Defendants based upon the failure of Plaintiff's…
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