Legal Opinion
Willwoods Community v. Essex Insurance
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 13, 2010No. 09-CA-651PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.
12This appeal is taken from judgments of the trial court awarding penalties and attorneys’ fees pursuant to LSA-R.S. 22:658, 1 and damages for delay in performance in the form of legal interest pursuant to La. C.C. art. 2000, to an insured against one of its excess insurance carriers. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Numerous properties owned by the plaintiff, Willwoods Community (“Will-woods”), were damaged by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. After receiving the policy limits from its primary…
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