Legal Opinion

Christ Episcopal Church of Bastrop v. Church Insurance Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 5, 1999No. 31,930-CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JjNORRIS, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Christ Episcopal Church of Bastrop, appeals an adverse ruling of the Bastrop City Court finding that property damage caused to its pipe organ by mice and rats is excepted from coverage by a vermin exclusion of the property insurance policy issued by appellee, Church Insurance Company. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Facts

In December 1996, members of the Christ Episcopal Church of Bastrop (“Episcopal”) discovered that their Wicks pipe organ was not working properly and called the manufacturer to investigate the problem. During a June 1997 service call, a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. Select Properties, Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. Louisiana Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  3. Pareti v. Sentry Indem. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  4. Muse v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  5. Smith v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Joe Banks Drywall v. Transcont. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
  2. Marcelle v. Southern Fidelity InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2013
  3. Goldberger v. State FarmCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2019
  4. Maggie J. Robinson v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020

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