Dale DICKERSON; Shirley Dickerson, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 21, 2009.
January 21, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Soren E. Gisleson (argued), Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
John Baay, Robert I. Siegel (argued), Michael David Cangelosi, Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Adrianne Landry Baumgartner, Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, LA, for Nat. Ass'n of Mut. Ins. Co., Amicus Curiae.
Richard L. Fenton, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Allstate Ins. Co., Amicus Curiae.
Judy Y. Barrasso, Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, LA, for Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. and Metropolitan Property & Cas. Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.
Gordon Paul Serou, Jr., Law Offices of Gordon P. Serou, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Am. Bankers Ins. Co. of FL and Am. Sec. Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.
John Powers Wolff, III, Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Ltd., Baton Rouge, LA, for Arnica Mut. Ins. Co., Amicus Curiae.
James K. Ordeneaux, Plauche, Maselli, Parkerson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for LA Farm Bur. Mut. Ins. Co., LA Farm Bur. Cas. Ins. Co. and Southern Farm Bur. Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.
Ralph S. Hubbard, III, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for Hanover Ins. Co., Hanover Am. Ins. Co., MA Bay Ins. Co., Metropolitan Property & Cas. Ins. Co., Standard Fire Ins. Co., and Travelers Indem. Co., Amici Curiae.
Christopher Raymond Pennison, Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, Metairie, LA, for Republic Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., Am. Nat. Property & Cas. Co., Am. Nat. Gen. Ins. Co., and ANPAC LA Ins. Co. Amici Curiae.
Alan S. Gilbert, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Horace Mann Ins. Co., Horace Mann Property & Cas. Ins. Co. and Teachers Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.
Howard Bruce Kaplan, Bernard, Cassissa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, LA, for Lafayette Ins. Co. and United Fire & Cas. Co., Amici Curiae.
Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
WIENER, Circuit Judge:**
Plaintiffs-Appellees Dale and Shirley Dickerson sued Defendant-Appellant Lexington Insurance Company ("Lexington") for its failure to pay his homeowner's policy claim timely following Hurricane Katrina. After a one-day bench trial, the district court awarded Dickerson $175,467 in damages, penalties, and attorneys' fees and costs, ruling that Lexington acted in bad faith...
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