Vining v. Security Insurance Co. of New Haven

LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the judgment of the lower court rejecting his claim for recovery pursuant to a policy of Marine Hull Insurance, issued by defendant insurance company, covering plaintiff’s crewboat, Connelly-Kay, which vessel sank in the Atchafalaya River at Berwick, Louisiana, on the night of May 22-23, 1966. Plaintiff’s claims for statutory penalties and attorney’s fees for defendant’s alleged arbitrary refusal to pay were also denied. We affirm.

The question for decision is whether the sinking occurred either as the result of a cause covered within the “perils of the sea”…