BENNETT v. HARTFORD INS. CO. OF MIDWEST

No. 17-30311.

890 F.3d 597 (2018)

Veronica BENNETT, Plaintiff-Appellee v. HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY OF the MIDWEST, Defendant-Appellant, v. Axis Surplus Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee and State of Louisiana through Division of Administration, Office of Risk Management, Intervenor-Appellee, Terron White; Gloria White, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, Defendant-Appellant and State of Louisiana through Division of Administration, Office of Risk Management, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Thomas Gegenheimer , Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee VERONICA BENNETT.

Murphy Fairfax Bell, Jr. , Jackson-Bell, Baton Rouge, LA, Andrea Vanessa Morrison , Saint Francisville, LA, Shawn D. Vance , Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee TERRON WHITE, GLORIA WHITE.

Douglas Matthew Kleeman , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Christopher Paul Ieyoub , Eric Wylie Roan , Senior Attorney, Plauche, Smith & Nieset, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant-Appellee AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY.

Travis Louis Bourgeois , Sidney W. Degan, III, Esq. , Attorney, Degan, Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, LA, Kriste Talton Utley, Esq. , Boykin & Utley, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST.

Bailey Adams Juhas , Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HAYNES and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.


Defendant-Appellant Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest ("Hartford") appeals the district court's order denying its motion for summary judgment and granting that of Defendant-Appellee Axis Surplus Insurance Company ("Axis"). Hartford also challenges the district court's grant of Axis's motion to strike an affidavit...

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