Legal Opinion
Industrial Risk Insurers v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 8, 1990No. Civ. A. No. 81-2635 "I"PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MENTZ, District Judge.
ORDER AND REASONS
This case arose from a fire on July 8, 1980, which destroyed the chinaware manufacturing plant owned by American Standard, Inc. Plaintiffs, American Standard and its insurers, brought suit against New Orleans Public Service, the Sewerage and Water Board and its insurer, Lexington Insurance Company, the City of New Orleans, and the New Orleans Fire Department. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. The City of New Orleans (City) and the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P.…
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