SEAHAWK v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON

No. 15-30324.

810 F.3d 986 (2016)

SEAHAWK LIQUIDATING TRUST, as Trustee of Seahawk Drilling, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON; Ace European Group Limited; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Axis Specialty Europe, Limited; Lancashire Insurance Company, Limited; Swiss Re International SE; Aspen Insurance U.K. Limited; Berkley Insurance Company; Arch Insurance Company; International Insurance Company of Hannover, Limited; Hudson Specialty Insurance Company; Navigators Insurance Company; New York Marine & General Insurance Company; Torus Insurance, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Garner, Esq. , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., Esq. , Kevin Michael McGlone (argued), Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Harold Kemler Watson (argued), Chaffe McCall, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SMITH, WIENER, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


This appeal follows a bench trial and judgment for the defendant insurers on the claims of Seahawk Liquidating Trust ("Seahawk") for payment of insurance proceeds. There is no error, so we affirm.

I.

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