IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES LITIGATION

No. 07-30119.

495 F.3d 191 (2007)

In re: KATRINA CANAL BREACHES LITIGATION. Richard Vanderbrook; Mary Jane Silva; James Capella; Madeline Grenier, misidentified as Sophia Granier; Jack Capella, as the Executor of the Succession of Lilian Capella; Gregory Jackson; Peter Ascani, III; Robert G. Harvey, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Unitrin Preferred Insurance Company; Hanover Insurance Company; Standard Fire Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company Defendant-Cross-Appellee. Kelly A. Humphreys, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Encompass Indemnity Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Xavier University of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, Defendant-Appellant. Gladys Chehardy; Daniel Fontanez; Jacquelyn Fontanez; Larry Forster; Glendy Forster; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Allstate Indemnity Company; Allstate Insurance Company; American Insurance Company; Aegis Security Insurance Company; Lafayette Insurance Company; Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company; AAA Homeowners Auto Club Family Insurance Company; Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Lexington Insurance Company; Encompass Insurance Company of America; Great Northern Insurance Company; Hanover Insurance Company; Standard Fire Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Defendant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno, David S. Scalia, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, LA, James Parkerson Roy, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, Joseph J. McKernan, McKernan Law Firm, Larry Dewayne Dyess, Baton Rouge, LA, Drew A. Ranier, Norval F. Elliot, III, Ranier, Gayle & Elliot, Lake Charles, LA, David Blayne Honeycutt, Wanda Jean Edwards, Fayard & Honeycutt, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., Denham Springs, LA, Matthew D. Schultz, Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor, Pensacola, FL, John N. Ellison (argued), Anderspon, Kill & Olick, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Christopher Todd Handman, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, Steven W. Usdin, Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, LA, for Great Northern Ins. Co.

James M. Garner, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, LA, for Xavier University of Louisiana.

Laura Anne Foggan, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, for Am. Ins. Ass'n., Nat. Ass'n of Mut. Ins. Co., Property Cas. Insurers Ass'n of America and Reinsurance Ass'n of America, Amici Curiae.

Levon G. Hovnatanian, Christopher Weldon Martin, Martin R. Sadler, Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, Houston, TX, for United Services Auto. Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Alan S. Gilbert, Anne W. Mitchell, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Horace Mann Ins. Co., Amicus Curiae.

Dominic J. Ovella, Sean Patrick Mount, Daniel Michael Redmann, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, LA, for Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Empire Indem Ins. Co. and Centre Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.

Marshall M. Redmon, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, LA, for Farmers Ins. Exchange, Amica Mut. Ins. Co. and Republic Fire & Cas., Amici Curiae.

Amy R. Sabrin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, DC, for Farmers Ins. Exchange, Amicus Curiae.

John Powers Wolff, III, Steven C. Judice, Nancy B. Gilbert, Christopher Keith Jones, Tiffany N. Thornton, Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Ltd., Baton Rouge, LA, for Amica Mut. Ins. Co., Amicus Curiae.

Christopher Raymond Pennison, Jay M. Lonero, Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson & Lonero, Metairie, LA, for Republic Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., Amicus Curiae.

Before KING, DeMOSS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, devastating portions of Louisiana and Mississippi. In the City of New Orleans, some of the most significant damage occurred when levees along three major canals—the 17th Street Canal, the Industrial Canal, and the London Avenue Canal—ruptured, permitting water from the flooded canals to inundate the city. At

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