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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 95-CC-1456 JULIA MCCARTHY, WIFE OF JAMES MCCARTHY Versus WILLIAM BERMAN, D.C., NATIONAL CHIROPRACTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIFTH CIRCUIT, PARISH OF JEFFERSON

LEMMON, Justice* The issue presently before the court in this chiropractic malpractice action is whether the "Incidental Medical Malpractice Liability" coverage in the comprehensive business insurance policy issued to a chiropractor provides coverage for the injuries the chiropractor allegedly caused in treating plaintiff.

I Alleging that she had sustained an injury to her cervical spine during chiropractic treatment by Dr. William Berman,1 plaintiff filed this action against
*Judge Burrell J. Carter, Court of Appeal, First Circuit, sitting by assignment in the vacancy created by the resignation of Dennis, J. Kimball, J. not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2,

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