Ullah, Inc. v. Lafayette Insurance Co.

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

| Lafayette Insurance Company unconditionally tendered $40,000 to its insured, Ullah, Inc., for its looting loss following Hurricane Katrina. The jury ultimately decided that Ullah’s looting loss was $450,000 and judgment was rendered on the jury’s verdict.1 On appeal, Lafayette, conceding that there is no legal error which interdicts the jury’s factual finding, argues for a number of reasons that the jury’s assessment of the loss is clearly wrong and unreasonable. After full review of the record, we disagree with Lafayette and conclude that the jury’s finding of the…