Patterson Funeral Homes, LLC v. Catlin Specialty Insurance Co.

|! This appeal arises from the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, wherein the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant, Catlin Specialty Insurance Company. Plaintiff, Patterson Funeral Homes, LLC, now appeals. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

On August 15, 2012, around 5:30 a.m., the Patterson Funeral Homes building, located at 1220 N. Herndon Avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana, was destroyed in a fire. Brandon Patterson, individually and as owner of Patterson Funeral Homes,…