BLUE RIDGE INS. CO. v. NEWMAN

No. 82-C-2904.

453 So.2d 554 (1984)

BLUE RIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY and Willie Dixon v. Robert S. NEWMAN, Patricia Childers Newman and Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Perry, Jr., Owen, Richardson, Taylor, Mathews & Atkinson, Ronald R. Thompson, Baton Rouge, for applicants.

W. Luther Wilson, Taylor, Porter, Brooks, & Phillips, for respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

This is a tort suit by Willie Dixon and his subrogated insurer, Blue Ridge Insurance Company, to recover the damages caused to Dixon's home by the falling of a large tree which had been growing on the adjoining property owned by Robert Newman. Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Newman's homeowner's insurer, denied coverage on the principal demand and on Newman's third party demand, asserting the "business...

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