SOC. OF ROMAN CATH. CH. v. INTERSTATE FIRE & CAS.

No. 95-31078.

126 F.3d 727 (1997)

The SOCIETY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE, INC. and The Diocese of Lake Charles, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. INTERSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY CO., et al., Defendants, Interstate Fire and Casualty Co., Defendant-Appellant, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Defendant-Appellant-Appellee, PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO., Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA COMPANIES INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob F. Wright, Gilbert Hennigan Dozier, Domengeaux, Wright, Moroux & Roy, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Daniel Anthony Rees, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

John A. Jeansonne, Jr., George Andrew Veazey, Jeansonne & Remondet, Lafayette, LA, for Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

Nicholas Joseph Sigur, Lafayette, LA, for Louisiana Companies, Inc., and St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

Sidney Katherine Powell, Powell & Associates, Dallas, TX, Howard E. Sinor, Jr., Harry S. Hardin, III, Covert James Geary, Michael Richard Schroeder, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, S. Ann Saucer, Dallas, TX, for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Fifteen years ago, defendant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. ("Gallagher"), an insurance broker, presented a proposed insurance coverage plan to The Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lafayette, Inc. and the Diocese of Lake Charles, Inc. ("the Diocese"), under which, it represented, the Diocese would not be liable for any losses above $400,000 each policy year. The Diocese...

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