NICHOLAS v. NEW ENGLAND INTERN. SUR. OF AM.

No. 92-CA-842.

613 So.2d 1137 (1993)

Horace NICHOLAS v. NEW ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL SURETY OF AMERICA, INC., Total Insurance Agency, Inc., and Vessel Coverages, Ltd. and Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith R. Atkinson, Thomas E. Balhoff, Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Randall O. Lewis, Luling, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GRISBAUM, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.


GRISBAUM, Judge.

This appeal relates to a suit for payments allegedly due under an insurance policy for the sinking of a vessel. We vacate and set aside.

ISSUE

Whether the trial court erred in finding that the insurance policy at issue was not an "ocean marine" policy and was, therefore, covered by the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association.

FACTS

On December 11, 1987, the plaintiff, Horace Nicholas, purchased a 37-foot vessel...

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