SFI, INC. v. UNITED STATES FIRE INS. CO.

No. 78-2954.

634 F.2d 879 (1981)

SFI, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, Ernest L. O'Bannon, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Smith & Gaudin, Edwin A. Smith, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, TJOFLAT and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In 1976 SFI, Inc. filed suit in district court alleging that its insurer, United States Fire Insurance Co., had failed to comply with the coverage terms of a policy it had issued to SFI. The insurance company answered the allegations and offered the defense that SFI had, by failing to act with due diligence in maintaining a burglar alarm system, breached a protective safeguards endorsement contained...

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