Varmall v. Bankers Specialty Insurance Co.

JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

|a Defendant/appellant, Bankers Specialty Insurance Company (“Bankérs”), plaintiffs’ homeowners’ insurance carrier, seeks appellate review of a judgment in favor of plaintiffs/appellees, Russell and Tracy Var-mall (“the Varmalls”), finding Bankers liable to the Varmalls for damages to their home resulting from Hurricane Isaac. In a bench trial, the judge also found' that Bankers was arbitrary and capricious for its failure to timely adjust the Varmalls’ loss and pay the claim, and thus was in bad faith pursuant to La. R.S. 22:1892. The-trial court awarded the Varmalls a…