CHRISTENSEN v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 89-CA-355.

552 So.2d 1377 (1989)

Gordon E. CHRISTENSEN v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Fonte, Golden & Fonte, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant.

C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., Fred M. Trowbridge, Jr., Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GAUDIN, GRISBAUM and DUFRESNE, JJ.


GRISBAUM, Judge.

This appeal arises from a jury trial in which judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant-insurer rejecting the plaintiff's demands for fire insurance proceeds based on the defense of arson. We affirm.

ISSUES

We are presented with two basic questions:

(1) Whether the jury erred in its finding that the defendant sustained its burden of proof of the affirmative defense of arson, and

(2) Whether the trial court committed...

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