HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO. v. UNITED GENERAL INS.

No. 87-3742.

855 F.2d 228 (1988)

The HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants, Dennis Edward Jennings, as nominee for and on behalf of Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Futrell, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Terrence K. Knister, S. Daniel Meeks, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GEE, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

In this indemnification action, we review the district court's determination of coverage of a number of items by an excess insurer's policy. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

In September 1978, John Dusenbery was fatally injured while working on a well-head. Thereafter his wife filed a wrongful death action against numerous companies, including Hart, Inc., and Burmont/McMoRan. Hart carried a $300,000 general...

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