AMERICAN RELIABLE INS. CO. v. NAVRATIL

No. 05-30583.

445 F.3d 402 (2006)

AMERICAN RELIABLE INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Boris NAVRATIL; Navratil, Hardy, Bourgeois LLP; Continental Casualty Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bordelon (argued), Ungarino & Eckert, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gustave A. Fritchie, III (argued), Edward W. Trapolin, Camala Elizabeth Capodice, Irwin, Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant American Reliable Insurance Company ("ARIC") appeals the district court's summary judgment dismissing ARIC's malpractice claim against Defendant-Appellee, Boris Navratil, a lawyer whom ARIC had retained to defend it and its insured against a third-party's lawsuit in state court. As the state law question on which the instant case turns is neither covered by statute nor yet addressed by the highest court of Louisiana, the...

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