James C. Curtis and Mary Beth Curtis v. Allstate Insurance Company

This is a diversity case involving an interpretation of territorial restrictions in automobile insurance policies issued in Louisiana. Appellants, James C. Curtis, and wife, appeal a trial judge’s summary judgment in favor of their automobile insurer, appellee, Allstate Ins. Co. We affirm the grant of summary judgment, because we find no genuine issue as to any material fact, and because we accept the trial judge’s interpretation of Louisiana law. *

Curtis and his wife were operating their insured automobile during the policy period near Matamoros, Mexico, when they were in an accident with a…