Legal Opinion
Mapp Construction, LLC v. Amerisure Mutal Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 2014No. 2013 CW 1074PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.
12This appeal involves an approximate $6.7 million dollar award for defense costs in a suit for declaratory judgment. For the following reasons, we convert the appeal to an application for a supervisory writ of review, grant the writ, vacate the September 25, 2012 judgment, and remand.
BACKGROUND
The long history of this litigation includes multiple lawsuits that arose out of the construction and funding of a multi-unit apartment complex on Nicholson Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The construction project, hereafter referred to as “the Southgate project,” is owned by Southgate Residential…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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