Marrogi v. Howard

805 So.2d 1118 (2002)

Aizenhawar (Aizen) J. MARROGI

v.

Ray HOWARD and Ray Howard & Associates, Inc.

No. 2001-CQ-1106.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 15, 2002.

Jeffery C. Vaughan, Lead Counsel, William C. Beary, Peter J. Butler, Peter J. Butler, Jr., New Orleans, Counsel for Appellant.

Anthony P. Dunbar, New Orleans, Kenneth B. Wright, Counsel for Appellee.

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.[*]

We accepted the certified question presented to this court by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Marrogi v. Howard, 248 F.3d 382, 386 (5th Cir. 2001).[1] The question is this: "Under Louisiana law,…