FEDERAL INS. CO. v. SRIVASTAVA

No. 92-8342.

2 F.3d 98 (1993)

FEDERAL INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Sudhir SRIVASTAVA, M.D., et al., Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Branton, Franklin S. Spears, Branton & Hall, San Antonio, TX, for S. Srivastava.

D. Thomas Johnson, Brian P. Quinn, McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson, Lubbock, TX, Russell H. McMains, Stacy L. Keaton, Law Offices of Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, TX, for Harte-Hanks T.V. and Harte-Hanks Comm.

Brian L. Blakeley, Ruth Greenfield Malinas, Ball & Weed, San Antonio, TX, for Federal Ins. Co.

Before GOLDBERG, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the efforts of insureds and judgment creditors to allocate excess coverage to bridge the failure of carriers with intervening coverages to reach a solvent, but higher level, insurer — all after the entry of a large judgment against the insured. In a previous lawsuit, Dr. Sudhir Srivastava won a $31.6 million judgment against Harte-Hanks Television, Inc., and Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. Those parties...

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