Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1988

Cavalier v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.

Cavalier v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided September 1, 1988
530 So. 2d 73; 1988 La. LEXIS 1614; 1988 WL 91391 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cavalier v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.

Opinion of the Court

In re National Union Fire Ins. Pitts.;— Defendant(s); applying for writ of certiora-ri and/or review; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 88-CA-0085; Parish of St. James, 23rd Judicial District Court, Div. “C”, No. 18061.

Prior report: La.App., 528 So.2d 1038.

Granted and remanded. Judgment of the court of appeal is affirmed insofar as it reversed the trial court’s finding that National Union Fire Insurance Co. provides primary UM coverage and INA provides excess UM coverage; however, the judgment is reversed insofar as it makes findings on the validity of rejections of UM coverage and releases Farm Bureau from the suit on the basis of those findings. Case remanded to the trial court for a full trial on the merits involving all three insurers.

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