BONIN v. WESTPORT INS. CORP.

No. 2005-CC-0886.

930 So.2d 906 (2006)

Mildred Fay Jones Sanders BONIN, et al. v. WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preis, Kraft & Roy, L. Lane Roy, Lafayette; Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Jeffrey A. Goldwater, Robert A. Chaney, for applicant.

The Cocheran Firm New Orleans, Richard J. Guidry; Rastanis Law Firm, L. Stephen Rastanis; Allen & Gooch, James H. Gibson, Lafayette, for respondent.


KIMBALL, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether the intentional act exclusions contained in a professional liability policy barring coverage for the dishonest or fraudulent acts committed by the insured also bars coverage for the attendant act of the employee. For the reasons that follow, we find that the claim against the employee is based upon, arises out of or is the indirect result of an insured's dishonesty and fraud and is barred under the terms...

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