Bickham v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Bickham v. Metropolitan Life Insurance, 790 So. 2d 634 (La. 2001)
2001 La. LEXIS 1517; 2001 WL 454645

Bickham v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion of the Court

In re Bickham, Robert L. et al.;—Plaintiff; Applying for Parish of Washington, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. E, Nos. 70,760, 72,154, 72,986.

Motion denied. Nonetheless, the trial judge may consider revisiting the previously confected case management and discovery order(s) in order to ascertain whether changes to those orders may effectuate the more expeditious movement of claims to trial. In addition, this trial court is specifically authorized at any time to ask this Court to invoke its constitutional assignment authority to assign sitting or retired judges to preside over trial flights of claims which have been scheduled for trial.

Reference

Full Case Name
Robert L. BICKHAM v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Status
Published