Legal Opinion

Highlands Insurance Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 19, 1994No. 92-2933PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge: Before GOLDBERG, HIGGINBOTHAM, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of an excess insurance carrier and against the primary carrier for failure to disclose the full extent of its primary coverage for an automobile accident. Victims of a ear accident sued a construction company and the City of New York. National Union carried the primary coverage for both defendants. Highlands, the excess carrier for the construction company, contributed $1,100,000 to a settlement. Highlands later sued National Union and two of…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  4. White v. GuarenteNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. Brown v. LockwoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  2. In Re the Celotex Corporation, Debtor. Owens-Illinois, Incorporated v. Rapid American Corporation, Successor in Interest to Philip-Carey CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
  3. Joseph H. Norton v. E.U. Dimazana, M.D. Texas Department of Criminal JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  4. Castellano v. FragozoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  5. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Service Temps Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012

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