Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1997

Norton v. Drayton

Norton v. Drayton
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided November 19, 1997 · Calogero, Docket, Grant, Johnson, Kimball, Victory
703 So. 2d 1292; 1997 La. LEXIS 3677; 1997 WL 746776 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Norton v. Drayton

Opinion of the Court

In re State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins.;— Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Rapides, 9th Judicial District Court, Div. “F”, No. 186,882; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW97-1509

Granted. Production of files set for November 21, 1997 is stayed. Matter is remanded to the trial court for consideration of whether plaintiffs’ petition states a cause of action for penalties and attorney fees. La. Code Civ.P. art. 927 B. After making this determination, the trial court may reconsider its ruling on State Farm’s motion to quash.

CALOGERO, C.J., and KIMBALL and VICTORY, JJ., would grant and docket. JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

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