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4 Nov, 2008 5:58 pm
... agent was shut down for forgery and misappropriation of insurance premiums, the third in four days. On June 27, 2005, another agent from
Lafayette pled guilty to theft after pocketing premiums on ... insurance policy holders in the Gulf
Shore and elsewhere must remain ever vigilant on their claims of damages with insurance companies. Keep close records and copies of all
of your insurance information and all documentation and pictures you have of the damage you are making a claim to your insurance ...
9 Nov, 2007 2:44 am
... Jr. announced that his office filed a petition in New Orleans Civil District Court suit against Allstate Insurance Company, Lafayette Insurance Company, Xactware, Inc., Marshall & Swift/Boeckh, LLC, Insurance Services Office, Inc., ... . The combination
allegedly artificially held down property damage claim payouts with the intended goal of increasing the profits of each company involved." The
Louisiana AG's Office claims that the Defendants were setting premiums and adjusting claims under this ...
21 Jul, 2008 10:32 am
... in the Civil District for the Parish of Orleans alleging that under Louisiana's antitrust laws certain insurers and insurance
industry participants fixed prices, manipulated damage estimates and low-balled claims payments after hurricanes Katrina ... . Click here to read a copy of the decision. The lawsuit
named the following entities as defendants: Allstate Insurance Company, Lafayette Insurance Company, Xactware Solutions, Inc., Marshall &
Swift/Boeckh, LLC, Insurance Services Office, Inc., ...
21 Dec, 2007 2:28 am
... the context of a Katrina-related claim, in its recent decision in Sher v. Lafayette Insurance
Company, et al., a Louisiana state appellate court held that an insurer's water exclusion was ambiguous and that the insurer
could not deny ... cases, this case did not involve an issue of whether the damage was caused by wind or water, as it appears from the court opinion that the insured's loss was
caused entirely by flood, apparently due to the breaches of levees in the New Orleans area.) Click here to ...
8 Apr, 2008 9:23 am
[JURIST] The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled [PDF text] Tuesday that an insurance company was not
required to pay for water damage caused when New Orleans levees breached after Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive]. Homeowner Joseph Sher sued Lafayette Insurance Company [corporate website] after the insurer
refused to cover damage resulting from a four-foot water rise in his home after the 2005
21 Apr, 2008 2:16 pm
The Supreme Court of Louisiana recently overturned a Katrina-related Louisiana state appellate court decision, and held that an insurer's flood exclusion was not ambiguous and
that coverage could be denied for water damage sustained to an insured's property on the basis of this exclusion. (Click here to read the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision in
Sher v. Lafayette Insurance Company, et al.). As previously
reported here, a Louisiana state appellate court previously had held that an insurer's ...
7 Apr, 2008 7:40 pm
... for property insurers who've been litigating over Hurricane Katrina coverage. Today, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Lafayette Insurance is not obligated to pay for water damage from the failure of New Orleans area levees. The ruling
reportedly could affect ... a $1 million punitive damages verdict against State Farm and sent the case back to federal court for a jury to determine how much the company owes policyholders. Here's a copy of the opinion, courtesy of the Insurance Coverage Blog. ...
21 Jan 2:31 pm
... means to people a specific protection that seems simple enough, this is not the case. It is in fact the responsibility of the insured to prove whether or not a policy affords
coverage for an incident. This burden of proof is heavily relied upon by ... exclusions. In regards to exclusions, it is the insurance
company's burden to prove that the exclusion is applicable to the incident in question. Here is an example of how these burdens can play out: A
homeowner in Lafayette has windstorm protection. ...
2 Apr, 2007 5:03 am
... & Casualty Insurance Company, Auto Club Family Insurance Company, Lafayette Insurance Company and Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance
Company. Id. Allstate timely removed the lawsuit to federal court under CAFA, and plaintiffs' sought ... and Republic Fire-whose combined
market share is about half of Louisiana Citizens' share. Rather, the Court finds that the third largest insurer in Louisiana, with more than $105 million in total premiums, is
clearly a major player in the insurance market by ...
17 Sep, 2007 6:13 am
... much of the damage to his property on water from levee failures in Katrina's aftermath. Lafayette [Insurance Co.] paid Sher about $2,700 for wind damage, but he ... clearly excluded from coverage, whether it's a man-made event or an act of God, the
company argues. "No non-flood policy has ever been called on to cover ... S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr., who sided with policyholders
against several insurance companies and ruled that policy language excluding flood damage from coverage was ambiguous ...
15 Jun 2:40 pm
... the Court will hear Bradshaw v. Chandler. Following a car accident, Bradshaw filed a complaint against his own insurance company for underinsured motorist benefits. Over two years after the accident, Bradshaw amended his complaint to add a ... was found guilty of rape and other
charges at a jury trial in the Lake Superior Court. At trial, the State introduced Lafayette's statement to police that sex with the victim was
consensual. Then, the State argued that because Lafayette had put his intent at ...
7 Sep, 2005 2:31 pm
... Bar Association. Louisiana State Bar Association. Baton Rouge Bar Association Lafayette Parish Bar Association. New Orleans Bar
Association. Shreveport Bar Association. ... as floods and hurricanes. Catastrophe Risk: U.S. and European Approaches to Insure Natural Catastrophe and Terrorism Risks. From the
General Accounting Office. (February 28, ... , TX, Jackson, MS, Mobile, AL, Montgomery, AL, Pensacola, FL and Shreveport, LA. Find Your Insurance Company. Provides claim contact phone numbers for many ...
4 Dec, 2007 7:29 am
... Peterson) decided to attempt to influence the outcome of the suit. -Balducci received an e-mail with a proposed order asking Lafayette
County Circuit Judge Henry Lackey to compel arbitration from Backstrom, and Balducci faxed it to Lackey. On ... continued to stay in the spotlight, most recently as one of the loudest
voices in Katrina litigation. He claims insurance companies misrepresented to policyholders the amount of damage done by wind (covered
by the policies) and flood (covered by a national ...
19 Feb, 2008 10:45 am
... that stood up with the Supreme Court's denial of cert. Incidentally, one of the cases in the Louisiana court system is Sher v. Lafayette,
where a division of the Louisiana Court of Appeals found a flood exclusion ambiguous. Here's a post I wrote on that. That ... the story's dumb lede: The Supreme Court has refused to
offer help to Hurricane Katrina victims who want their insurance companies to pay for flood damage to their homes and businesses. As if
the choice in a case is simply going where your ...
19 Jun, 2007 4:16 am
... whether the cost of repairing the building would exceed its value. State Farm Florida Insurance Company v. Ondis, 2007 WL 1385958 (Fla. 1st DCA May ... test" when it no longer retains its identity and the specific characteristics that define it as a
building. Lafayette Fire Ins. Co. v. Camnitz, 149 So. 653, 654 (Fla. 1933 ... 702(1), FLORIDA STATUTES (2004), REFERRED TO AS THE VALUED POLICY
LAW, REQUIRE AN INSURANCE CARRIER TO PAY THE FACE AMOUNT OF THE POLICY TO AN OWNER OF A BUILDING DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS ...
17 Dec, 2007 12:06 am
... a continued injunction against his resuming his criminal probe of State Farm -- the insurer has alleged that the documents the sisters took match up virtually case for case
with ... one in which Scruggs and four others are alleged to have attempted to bribe Lafayette County Judge Henry Lackey. You can see the
allegation here in the Farm ... case that I can do [apparently a reference to his then-civil suit against insurance companies including
State Farm]." And we must also remember that the deposition ...
17 Apr 7:03 pm
... at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO)-call us now! On April 8, 2009 in Lafayette, Indiana, a woman won a lawsuit against the Lafayette Family YMCA for improperly supervising the sauna in which her husband was found unconscious in. The man ... of highly qualified attorneys who have
won over $150 million in verdicts and settlements against large corporations and insurance companies. The attorneys at Greenberg &
Rudman LLP are dedicated to their cases, and understand that it is extremely difficult to ...
4 Apr, 2008 12:12 pm
... Pacino and Russell Crowe. After Katrina struck in 2005, Scruggs sued insurance companies on behalf of hundreds of homeowners whose
claims were denied. Many industries ... degree. Scruggs has been "the bane of Wall Street," and leaders of some of the companies he sued might take satisfaction in his downfall,
said Stephen Gillers, ... son and three associates in November. They were accused of conspiring to bribe Lafayette County Circuit Judge Henry
L. Lackey, who was overseeing a dispute between Scruggs ...
15 Jul, 2007 4:03 pm
... along with other allegations of insufficiency of the evidence. 3:15 PM NICKELL COMBS WINE LAFAYETTE FOOTBALL BOOSTERS, INC. ET AL. VS
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, 2006CA001750 Whether the ... order. 2:15 PM HOWARD ACREE LAMBERT EDIE SIMPSON VS FRANKLIN INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. ET
AL. 2007CA000578 Whether the ALJ erred in making certain factual ... 11:00 AM THOMPSON GRAVES MOORE JOSEPH CODISPOTI ET AL. VS FIRST FINANCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL. 2006CA001552 Owner of car dealership while driving vehicle to ...
7 Nov, 2008 6:14 pm
... live in the Gulf Coast area and have to deal with a damaging tropical storm or hurricane, whether you are in Corpus Christi or Lafayette,
there are a series of things you must do in the aftermath. Here are some hurricane recovery tips: In the event of a ... to your home and property, only make temporary fixes that will
later be fixed using your insurance settlement. Doing so will allow the insurance company's inspector to see the full extent of the damage and help you with your overall claim. After ...
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