Legal Opinion

King v. Illinois National Insurance

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 3, 2009No. 2008-C-1491Published

1Opinion of the Court

9 So.3d 780 (2009)

Karen KING

v.

ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

No. 2008-C-1491.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 3, 2009.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 2009.

The Sentell Law Firm, C. Sherburne Sentell, III, Minden, For Applicant.

Degan, Blanchard & Nash, Sidney Wallis Degan, III, Travis Louis Bourgeois, Baton Rouge, For Respondents.

GUIDRY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this matter to address the res nova issue of whether an individual's unexercised right to institute litigation through the filing of a lawsuit can be seized by a writ of fieri facias. For the reasons that follow, we find…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Schroeder v. Board of Sup'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
  2. Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  3. Hines v. GarrettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  4. Duncan v. USAA Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
  5. Virginia Woodfield, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Plaintiff-Third Party v. Charlie Bowman, Planet Insurance Co., Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999

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