Legal Opinion
Phyllis Lazlo v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1986No. 85-3192PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Phyllis Lazio appeals the district court’s holding in her Louisiana diversity suit against defendant-appellee State Farm Fire & Casualty Company (State Farm) that for the purposes of deter mining under LSA-R.S. 9:5001 the amount of a “first privilege” granted attorneys over other creditors on judgments and property recovered by them for their clients, the amount of the judgment recovered by her attorney was only the net amount payable by State Farm directly to Lazio after an offset to State Farm’s total liability under its fire insurance policy for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Jim Clark v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- McClain v. General Agents Ins. Co. of AmericaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Stanley Educational Methods, Inc. v. The Becker Cpa Review Course, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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