STATE v. RELIANCE INS. CO.

Nos. CA-4530, CA-4576.

487 So.2d 160 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor E. Stilwell, Jr., Howard J. Ettinger, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for Curtis & Davis Architects and Planners, Inc., Richard B. Silverstein & Associates Nolan, Norman & Nolan, and Sverdrup and Parcel & Associates, Inc., A Joint Venture, and Continental Cas. Co., appellees.

James Ryan, III, Henry E. Yoes, III, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine, Nathan & Winn, New Orleans, for Iowa Decks, Inc., third party defendant-appellee.

A.R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., appellee-appellant.

Edward J. Rice, Jr., Richard B. Eason, II, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, for Bristol Steel Corp., appellee.

Peter A. Feringa, Jr., Christoffer Friend, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for American Bridge, A Div. of U.S. Steel Corp., third party defendantappellant-appellee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Redmann, Kenneth C. Fonte, Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, for Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc./Blount Bros. Corp., A Joint Venture, appellees.

Joseph E. Berrigan, Jr., Allen H. Danielson, Jr., John Litchfield, Berrigan, Danielson, Litchfield, Olsen & Schonekas, New Orleans, for Reliance Ins. Co., defendantappellant.

Frank J. Peragine, Eric John Witmeyer, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, for Upjohn Co., third party defendant-appellee.

Hershel L. Haag, III, Lawrence K. Benson, Jr., M. Taylor Darden, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, for Western Waterproofing Co., appellee-appellant.

Before GARRISON, BYRNES and WARD, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

The State of Louisiana sued Reliance Insurance Company to recover for damage allegedly sustained by the roof of the Louisiana Superdome during a hailstorm which occurred on April 18, 1980. The State contends the damage is covered by a multi-peril policy of insurance issued by Reliance and naming as insured the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, owner of the Superdome, and the State, its lessee. Reliance answered, denying liability on the policy...

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