Legal Opinion
Burst v. Western Fidelity Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 15, 1990No. 89-CA-0972PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARMSTRONG, Judge.
Defendant, Western Fidelity, appeals the trial court’s judgment finding that Western Fidelity was obligated to pay the claim of Roland Burst in the amount of $38,249.14 and finding that Western Fidelity had acted unreasonably in denying Burst’s claim and thus awarded attorney fees in the amount of $15,143.33 in favor of Burst. Burst appeals the quantum of damages and requests that the judgment be affirmed and amended to increase attorney fees, expert fees, legal interest and costs.
Western Fidelity issued an accident/health and life insurance policy to Roland C. Burst, Jr.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cousin v. PageSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Gay v. United Benefit Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Coleman v. Occidental Life Ins. Co. of NCSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Fulgham v. an Unknown Police OfficerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Giesler v. United States Fidelity and Guar. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Malloy v. VanwinkleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
- Burst v. Western Fidelity Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1990