AMERICAN MOTORISTS INS. v. AMERICAN EMP. INS.

No. 78-3043 Summary Calendar.

600 F.2d 15 (1979)

AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CO., and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, James H. Roussel, George A. Gaitas, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.

Charles F. Lozes, Alan L. Offner, New Orleans, La., for American Motorists.

Frank M. Brame, Lake Charles, La., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The parties in this action, three insurance companies, each contributed funds in settlement of a tort action brought against their common insured. Two of the companies then brought this declaratory judgment action against the third to determine the companies' respective liabilities under the settlement agreement. The district court entered a judgment from which the plaintiffs appeal.

This court sua sponte raises a question concerning its...

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