The SOCIETY OF the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF the DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE AND LAKE CHARLES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee,
v.
INTERSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY CO., et al., Defendants,
ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants,
v.
INTERSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellee and Cross-Appellant,
v.
Allen Godfrey LEE and Lloyd's of London, Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellees,
v.
PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, and
Fireman's Fund Insurance, Defendant-Appellee-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, and
Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, and
CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee,
v.
HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee and Appellee,
Louisiana Companies, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 15, 1994.
July 15, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bob Forrest Wright, Gilbert H. Dozier, Domengeaux & Wright, P.C., Lafayette, LA, for Society.
Charles W. Schmidt, III, Daniel A. Rees, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for Interstate Fire.
M.R. Schroeder, Warren M. Schultz, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, LA, for Arthur Gallagher & Gallagher Bassett.
C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, Richard F. Johnson, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Lee and Lloyds of London.
John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Christopher L. Zaunbrecher, Jeansonne & Briney, Lafayette, LA, for Pacific.
C. Michael Pfister, Duplass, Witman, Zwain & Williams, Metairie, LA, for Firemans Fund.
Robert E. Leake, Jr., Leake & Anderson, New Orleans, LA, for Preferred Risk.
Paul B. Deal, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Centennial Ins.
Marjorie G. O'Connor, Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Houston Gen.
Nicholas J. Sigur, Lafayette, LA, for Louisiana Companies.
Before REAVLEY, GARWOOD and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Two pedophilic priests of the Diocese of Lafayette1 molested thirty-one children over a period of seven years, prompting a spate of claims from the children and their parents. The Diocese and its insurance carriers, unable to compromise on the allocation of loss under the "occurrence" policies, settled the claims against the Diocese with contributions on a pro rata basis (using years of coverage as a benchmark)...
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