DISCOVER PROP. & CAS. INS. v. BLUE BELL CREAMERIES

No. 22-50842.

73 F.4th 322 (2023)

DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; The Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BLUE BELL CREAMERIES USA, INCORPORATED; Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.; Blue Bell Creameries, Incorporated; John W. Barnhill, Jr.; Greg A. Bridges; Richard Dickson; Paul A. Ehlert; Jim E. Kruse; Paul W. Kruse; W. J. Rankin; Howard W. Kruse; Patricia I. Ryan; Dorothy McCleod MacInerney, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Stephen Barrick , Litigation Counsel, Courtney Elizabeth Ervin , Amanda Laviage Goldstein , Attorney, Hicks Thomas, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jillian Schumacher , Douglas A. Daniels , Daniels & Tredennick, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before King, Smith, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.


The Blue Bell Defendants appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Discover Property & Casualty Insurance Company and the Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut. Because the complaint in the underlying shareholder lawsuit does not allege any "occurrence" or seek "damages because...

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