HORN v. STATE FARM LLOYDS

No. 12-40410.

703 F.3d 735 (2012)

Dennis HORN; Mary Horn, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE FARM LLOYDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell A. Toups (argued), Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, Beaumont, TX, Allen Craig Eiland , Galveston, TX, John Steven Mostyn , Mostyn Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

David V. Jones , Benjamin G. Kemble , Jones, Andrews & Ortiz, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Michael P. Kenny (argued), Tiffany Lynne Powers , Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, Lynne Liberato , Kent Geoffrey Rutter , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, PRADO and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal centers on whether the phrase "any Hurricane Ike cases," in a contract covering "all Hurricane Ike cases that either have been filed or will be filed in the future," encompasses class-action lawsuits. Concluding that it does, we AFFIRM.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In the wake of Hurricane Ike, hundreds of homeowners, many of them represented by the Mostyn Law Firm (...

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