Caffery v. Burns

WATSON, Judge.

A writ of certiorari was issued to consider a trial court judgment requiring defendant, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, to pay $750 to Carey D. Bearden, an attorney appointed by the court as curator ad hoc to represent defendant, Clyde Allen Burns. The payment was ordered to compensate Bearden for attendance at the taking of Burns’ deposition in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, scheduled by USF&G. The lawsuit, which is not before us on the merits, concerns an automobile-motorcycle accident in Louisiana for which plaintiff, John Donaldson Caffery, seeks damages from Burns and…