Louis Koerner, Jr. v. Vigilant Insurance Company

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

This case is about a roof. A perpetually leaky roof that Louis Koerner could never seem to get CMR Construction & Roofing LLC to fix. Koerner challenges the district court's decision setting aside CMR's default, its grant of summary judgment in CMR's favor, and its denial of his Rule 59(e) motions for reconsideration. These three challenges call upon this court to answer a myriad of sub-issues. But in the end, we find no error and affirm.

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in late 2005 and early 2006, CMR sold a Slate 2.0 roof to Koerner and installed…