HOGAN v. STATE FARM AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 94 CA 0004.

649 So.2d 45 (1994)

Mrs. Rena HOGAN, Widow of Kenneth Leslie Hogan, and Pamela Hogan Phea, Laurie Hogan Carter and Lois Lynne Hogan, Daughters of Kenneth Leslie Hogan v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Excalibur Insurance Company, Dairyland Insurance Company, Haynes & Sons, Inc., the City of Slidell, Department of Transportation & Development, State of Louisiana, Department of Highways, State of Louisiana and Oliver L. Owens.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied March 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mickey S. deLaup, Metairie, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Lynn H. Frank, New Orleans, for defendant/appellee.

Before EDWARDS, SHORTESS and LeBLANC, JJ.


LeBLANC, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal a summary judgment dismissing their suit against defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), seeking compensatory and punitive damages under California law for State Farm's alleged bad faith refusal to pay any portion of its policy limits. Plaintiffs' primary arguments on appeal are that the trial court erred in allowing State Farm to amend its answer to assert the affirmative defense of credits and in...

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