Legal Opinion

Hibbets v. Lexington Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 4, 2010No. 09-30830Published

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiffs-appellants Mel Hibbets (“Hib-bets”) and the Break Wind Yacht Club, Inc. (the ‘Yacht Club”) appeal the dismissal of their claims against their insurer, defendant-appellee Lexington Insurance Company (“Lexington”), for violations of Louisiana’s Valued Policy Law and Louisiana’s insurance bad faith statutes. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Hibbets and the Yacht Club, the two named plaintiffs, filed a putative class action complaint (the “Original Complaint”) on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated Lexington insureds whose properties were…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Taylor v. Books a Million, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  4. Reed v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  5. Ballard v. WallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005

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