DUNLAP v. HARTFORD INS. CO. OF MIDWEST

No. 2004 CA 0725.

907 So.2d 122 (2005)

Austin Dwayne DUNLAP v. HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST and Zurich American Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Carey Wicker, III, Capitelli & Wicker, New Orleans, for Plaintiff-Appellee Austin Dwayne Dunlap.

Todd L. Lacoste, John J. Erny, III, Metairie, for Defendant-Appellee Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest.

Donna Bramlett Wood, Kyle P. Kirsch, Lynda A. Tafaro, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, Maxwell & McDaniel, Metairie, for Defendant-Appellant Zurich American Ins. Co.

Before: PARRO, KUHN, and WELCH, JJ.


PARRO, J.

Zurich American Insurance Company (Zurich) appeals a judgment denying its request for a declaratory judgment, granting a motion for partial summary judgment in favor of Austin Dwayne Dunlap, and holding that Louisiana law, rather than Michigan law, applies to the business automobile insurance policy at issue, which therefore must provide uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage equal to the liability limits of the policy. We affirm.

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