Opinion ID: 1670703
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Thomas E. Loehn

Text: Attorney Thomas E. Loehn, representing Commercial Union Insurance Co., entered into an oral agreement with Lindsay to settle an action pending in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. Loehn sent the settlement funds and documents to clients, Edward Carter, Sr., Rosa Joyce Carter, and Eloise Gilbert Green, but the settlement documents were never executed and returned to Loehn. After trying for more than five months to obtain the completed documents, Loehn notified the LSBA of his problem. Lindsay was dilatory in complying with the LSBA's requests and the Supreme Court's subpoenas and orders. A formal hearing was rescheduled because Lindsay was suffering from muscle spasms in his back, but Lindsay still failed to attend. Lindsay addressed the charges at the Commissioner's hearing and explained that he had trouble convincing Rosa Joyce Carter to sign the release. He thought that Commercial Union understood the problem because it issued a new draft to this plaintiff. Lindsay believed that he had done nothing unethical since the checks negotiated by Edward Carter and Eloise Green were marked full release [6] and he did not pursue further litigation against Commercial Union.