# St. Tammany Parish School Board v. Bullinger

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · December 23, 2014 · 168 So. 3d 493

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4820205

## Case

- **Full name:** ST. TAMMANY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. William BULLINGER and Allstate Insurance Company Patricia Mayfield v. William Bullinger and Allstate Insurance Company
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** December 23, 2014
- **Citations:** 168 So. 3d 493; 2014 WL 7275982
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by McClendon
- **Judges:** Higginbotham, McClendon, Whipple
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

McClendon, j.,
concurs.
hi agree that a remand is necessary to determine whether attorney fees are appropriate under Moody v. Arabie, 498 So.2d 1081 (La.1986). An award is appropriate if the underlying claimed fees by Mayfield’s counsel benefitted or augmented the common right of recovery from the third party. City of Baton Rouge v. Goudeau, 00-2440 (La.App. 1 Cir. 12/28/01) , 803 So.2d 1130, 1134 . However, such an award is not appropriate if the work was merely duplicative or beneficial to only one party, such as the mere monitoring of proceedings. City of Baton Rouge, 803 So.2d at 1134 (citing Moody, 498 So.2d at 1086-87 ). We are unable to make this determination on the record before us.

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