Legal Opinion
Howard v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 16, 2018No. 2017 CA 1221PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcDONALD, J.
In this appeal, a plaintiff in a tort suit challenges a judgment denying his claim for medical expenses against the tortfeasor's insurer. The trial court determined that the plaintiff could not recover the medical expenses because his employer's workers' compensation insurer had previously paid them. We find the trial court erred and amend the judgment to include an award for the medical expenses.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On November 21, 2014, Marcus Rene Slaughter, an employee of Garda CL Southeast, Inc. (Garda), and Ernest "EJ" Howard Jr., an employee of Doug Ashy Building Materials…
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- Bozeman v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
- Cutsinger v. RedfernSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
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