Legal Opinion
First National Bank of Denham Springs v. Independent Fire Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 20, 1991No. 90-3574Published
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to reform an insurance policy to include a mortgagee of insured property destroyed by fire as a loss-payee. We decline to reform.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE DISTRICT COURT
First National Bank of Denham Springs (FNB) filed suit in Louisiana state court against Independent Fire Insurance Company (Independent Fire) seeking recovery as mortgagee on a policy of fire insurance issued by Independent Fire, covering the home of Joyce Cook, the mortgagor. Independent Fire removed that suit and a companion suit filed by Cook to federal court, consolidating the two…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Irene Perlman, as Substitute for William Perlman v. Pioneer Limited Partnership and Kendrick Cattle CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Taylor v. Audubon Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- Diaz v. Cherokee Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Earl Williams Const. Co. v. Thornton & Brooks, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,408 Celina Lynette Goode and Thomas Eugene Goode, Cross-Appellants v. Herman Miller, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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