Legal Opinion
Brown v. ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 26, 2014No. 2013-CA-1375PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
| following our reversal of an award in its favor because it failed to file an intervention,1 Robert C. Lehman, A Professional Law Corporation, filed an intervention in order to collect fees owed to it by former clients, Jill and Claude Brown, in connection with their suit for insurance proceeds against ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Company. After the Browns discharged Lehman, and without engaging a substitute attorney, they settled their claim with the insurer for $41,000.
The portion of the settlement which represented the disputed fee was deposited into Lehman’s IOLTA…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- O'ROURKE v. CairnsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. GrantMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
- Verges v. DIMENSION DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
- Brown v. ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012