BENTON CASING SERV., INC. v. AVEMCO INS. CO.

No. 12296.

366 So.2d 938 (1978)

BENTON CASING SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. AVEMCO INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1979.

Writ Granted February 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., Houma, for plaintiff and appellee.

Robert E. Peyton, New Orleans, for defendant and appellant.

Before ELLIS, BLANCHE and LOTTINGER, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit by plaintiff, Benton Casing Service, Inc. (Benton), against its insurer, Avemco Insurance Co. (Avemco), under an aircraft policy for the total loss of its airplane as a result of an engine malfunction and ensuing crash landing. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.

On September 1, 1976, Harry Roth, a pilot-salesman for Benton, upon departure from Lafayette Airport in a Cessna 185 amphib

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