UROLOGY CLINIC OF N.O. v. UNITED FIRE INS.

No. 2008-CA-0444.

993 So.2d 803 (2008)

The UROLOGY CLINIC OF NEW ORLEANS, INC. APMC v. UNITED FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Lafayette Insurance Company, Hibernia Insurance Agency, L.L.C., and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lanny R. Zatzkis, Karen D. McCarthy, Yvette A. D'Aunoy, Zatzkis McCarthy & Associates, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for The Urology Clinic of New Orleans, Inc., A.P.M.C.

Howard B. Kaplan, Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, A PLC, and Orr Adams, Jr., Metairie, LA, for Lafayette Insurance Company.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).


TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal arises from the temporary closure of a urology clinic following Hurricane Katrina. The trial court found that the insurance policy covered the urology clinic's business interruption and awarded damages. Further, the trial court awarded penalties, attorney's fees, costs, and interest from the date of judicial demand. We find that the court did not commit manifest error in awarding damages and affirm. However, we find that the trial...

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