RIO ROUGE DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. SECURITY FIRST NAT. BANK

No. 91-1175.

610 So.2d 172 (1992)

RIO ROUGE DEVELOPMENT CORP., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SECURITY FIRST NATIONAL BANK, et al. (Fidelity & Deposit Co. of MD), Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Harrison, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lauvatis Harrison, in pro per.

Clayton Swank, Covington, for plaintiff-appellee Rio Rouge.

Preis & Crawford, Scott Crawford, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

John Munsterman, James Downs, Alexandria, Walter Stuart, Houston, for defendant-appellee Bank.

Eugene Matherne, John K. Hill, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

David Spence, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee Scott Stevens.

Dermot McGlinchey, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Harbor Ins.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and KNOLL and SAUNDERS, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal concerns the issue of an insurer's duty to defend. It focuses on the narrow issue of whether the trial court properly applied American Home Assurance Company v. Czarniecki, 230 So.2d 253 (La.1969), and whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of the insurers. Even more narrowly this appeal is limited to the question of whether National Standard Insurance Company (National) and Northern...

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