BARNTON v. MADDOX

No. 42,853-CA.

974 So.2d 190 (2008)

Dennis BRANTON and Dorothy Branton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Todd A. MADDOX and Maddox & Hughes Insurance Agency, Inc., and ABC Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff R. Thompson, Bossier City, Pettiette Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd & Cromwell, L.L.P., Shreveport, by S. Michael Cooper, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ungarino & Eckert, L.L.C. by Brian D. Smith, Shreveport, Karen Godail Arena, Matthew J. Ungarino, Metairie, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and MOORE, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

This suit against an insurance agent and his agency concerns a homeowner's policy issued to cover a house in New Orleans; the house flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The plaintiffs appeal from a trial court judgment granting the defendants' exception of peremption. We affirm.

FACTS

In May 2002, Dennis and Dorothy Branton, who live in Bossier Parish, bought a house for their daughter in New Orleans. They sought insurance for the...

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