La Louisiane Bakery Co. v. Lafayette Insurance Co.

FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.

[ 2This appeal arises from an insurance dispute. La Louisiane Bakery Company Ltd., plaintiffiappellee/insured, sought to recover wind-related damages for loss of business interruption in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Lafayette Insurance Company, defendant/appellant/commercial insurer, argued that the policy’s anticon-current causation clause (“ACC clause”) barred recovery. Lafayette asserted that loss of utility service, flooding, and “sump pump” overflow — excluded perils — contributed concurrently or sequentially to the loss sustained by wind damage — a…