Legal Opinion
Bertucci v. Lafayette Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 30, 2002No. Nos. 2001-C-2177, 2001-C-2224PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
hDENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Relators, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company or St. Paul Insurance Company, and Audubon Insurance Company,1 filed declinatory exceptions of improper venue which the district court denied.
FACTS
Following the January 23, 2000, hail storm, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against 76 insurance companies alleging that the companies breached their contracts of insurance by failing to properly adjust the plaintiffs’ property damage claims.
DISCUSSION
Relators filed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Albarado v. Union Pacific RR Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
- Landry v. PRIME INS. SYNDICATE, INCLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
- Reed v. Allstate Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bertucci v. Lafayette Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2003