SHERLOCK v. OCEAN SALVAGE CORP.

No. 2000-CA-0886.

785 So.2d 932 (2001)

Garold SHERLOCK v. OCEAN SALVAGE CORPORATION, Cross Offshore Corporation and North American Specialty Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marshall Miller, New Orleans, Counsel for North American Specialty Ins. Co.

Winston Rice, Mary Kerrigan Dennard, Rice Fowler, New Orleans, Mat M. Gray, III, Fowler, Rodriquez, Kingsmill, Flint & Gray, New Orleans, Counsel for Excess Mel Underwriters.

David K. Johnson, La Workers' Compensation Corp., Baton Rouge, Counsel for La Workers' Compensation Corp.

Court composed of Chief Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, and Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, Jr.


STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge.

The primary issue for this Court is the resolution of insurance clauses that determine which insurance company is the primary or excess insurer, the dates of coverage and laches.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE:

On December 16, 1993, Garold Sherlock ("Sherlock") brought suit against his employers, Ocean Salvage Corporation ("Ocean") and Cross Offshore Corporation ("Cross"), and one of its insurers, North American Specialty...

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