CALLIHAN v. HIATT

No. 98 CW 1473.

753 So.2d 302 (1999)

Charmaine CALLIHAN et al. v. Brett HIATT & State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Spedale, Baton Rouge, LA, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Glen Scott Love, Baton Rouge, LA, for defendant-applicant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.

BEFORE: SHORTESS, PARRO, and KUHN, JJ.


SHORTESS, J.

Does a provision in a boatowners policy that excludes liability coverage for the named insured violate public policy? This is the sole issue before us.

Daniel L. Callihan (Callihan) was killed in a boating accident on the Tickfaw River in Livingston Parish on August 3, 1996. His wife, Charmaine Callihan, and their two children, Daniel L. Callihan, Jr., and Brianne Callihan (plaintiffs), sued Brett Hiatt, the operator of the boat. Plaintiffs also...

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