LEXINGTON INS. CO. v. COOKE'S SEAFOOD

No. 87-8043.

835 F.2d 1364 (1988)

LEXINGTON INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COOKE'S SEAFOOD, Defendant, Snooper Fleet, Inc., et al., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnard M. Portman, Paul H. Felser, Savannah, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Robert S. Glenn, Jr., Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C., Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge.

The unfortunate destruction of the F/V C-JACK by Hurricane Juan in the Gulf of Mexico in October 1985 precipitated this case. Appellant Snooper Fleet, Inc. (Snooper) owned the C-JACK; John Hogan, a commercial fisherman with twenty years of experience, captained the C-JACK during the pertinent events. Appellee Lexington Insurance Co. (Lexington) issued a marine hull insurance policy on the C-JACK. This declaratory judgment action concerns the...

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