Legal Opinion

Ansalve v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 16, 1999No. 98-C-1495Published

1Opinion of the Court

h MURRAY, Judge,

Defendant-relator, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), asserts that the court below erroneously overruled its exception of no cause of action and denied its motion for summary judgment.1 For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

The Ansalves’ petition asserts that effective January 23, 1992, State Farm arbitrarily and capriciously refused to renew their automobile liability insurance policy. Claiming that this action was based upon State Farm’s inadequate investigation of certain accidents, the nonrenewal is alleged to constitute an unfair trade…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. Everything on Wheels Subaru, Inc. v. Subaru South, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  3. Theriot v. Midland Risk Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
  4. Hero Lands Company v. Texaco, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. Darville v. Texaco, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

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