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Gathering around a donation from the Gonzales Rotary Club to the March of Dimes are, from left, Olin Berthelot, committee chair; Mike Hebert; Kennedy Falgoust; Joell Hebert, co-chair; Kenny Matassa, Gonzales Rotary president; John Berthelot, head of waiters; Susie Johnson, March of Dimes Louisiana executive director; Nicole Jackson, March of Dimes Louisiana development manager; Craig Walling; Pete Cole; and Sharon Morris. Not pictured is Rotary photographer and committee member Mark Lacour.
Provided photo by Mark Lacour
Berkley Insurance Company must cover the legal bills of former Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa in his successful fight against a March 2017 election bribery charge, a state appeals court says.
The appellate panel, which dispatched appeals from both sides in the dispute, also ruled that parish government can continue to pursue a trial over claims the insurer has been acting in bad faith by refusing to pay those bills.Â
In finding for parish government, the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal overturned a lower court judge on the bad faith claim but upheld that same judge s finding that Berkley s policy had covered Matassa s legal bills of nearly $181,830 after a deductible.