ROBICHAUX v. RANDOLPH

No. 90-C-0157.

563 So.2d 226 (1990)

Lew A. ROBICHAUX v. Harold L. RANDOLPH, Sr., Howard Trucking Company, Inc., Transit Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. and Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Callahan, for Weeks & Stark, plaintiff-applicant.

Henry G. Terhoeve, Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Ins. Guar. Ass'n, defendant-respondent.

Darnell Bludworth, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., José R. Cot, amici curiae for Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

Morris M. Haik, for Howard Trucking Co., defendant-respondent.

Wood Brown, for International Ins. Co., defendant-respondent.

Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., José R. Cot, Darnell Bludworth, amici curiae for Granite State Ins. Co.


CALOGERO, Chief Justice*.

In this case, the district court rendered a judgment favorable to an injured plaintiff and against an excess insurance company. Because of the insolvency of an underlying liability insurance carrier (with a $1,000,000 limit of liability) and the existence of a statutory limit of LIGA coverage up to $150,000,1 the excess carrier was cast for the full amount of the judgment that exceeded...

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