EADS v. CHARTIS SPECIALTY INS. CO.

No. 13-224.

133 So.3d 722 (2014)

Shane EADS, et. al. v. CHARTIS SPECIALTY INS. CO., et. al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. Morrow , James P. Ryan , Morrow, Morrow, Ryan & Bassett, Opelousas, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants-Shane Eads, et al.

Edward O. Taulbee, IV , Taulbee & Associates, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees-Ricky Boyle and Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company.

Mary McCrory Hamilton , Julie Anne Scheib , Voorhies & Labbé, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company.

Patrick J. McShane , Lara N. Dicristina , Frilot LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Chartis Specialty Insurance Company.

Vincent Lee Bowers , Morris Bart, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Gregory Holroyd.

Katherine P. Martin , Gretchen H. Mayard , Martin Mayard, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

David Oliver Way , Oliver & Way, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Dewayne K. Spriggs, Individually.

Brad Jeremy Brumfield , Law Office of Keith S. Giardina, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Mallard Environmental, Inc.

Michael J. Williamson , Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Dewayne K. Spriggs, Individually.

Erin N. Hargrave , Borne & Wilkes, LLP, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees-Gregory Holroyd and Town of Sunset.

Prezemek Lubecki , Morris Bart, LLC, Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Gregory Holroyd.

Catherine Fornias Giarrusso , Barrasso, Usdin, et al., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee-Wausau Business Insurance Company.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.


PICKETT, Judge.

Shane Eads, an offshore diver, was providing temporary help to his wife's step-father in an unrelated business in a highway work zone when he was caught between a crashing vehicle and a stationary trailer. He sustained crushing injuries and the loss of his right leg. Mr. Eads appeals the granting of a motion for summary judgment in favor of Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company (Atlantic), arguing an ambiguity exists in the coverage extended to a "temporary...

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