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MAPP CONST., LLC v. AMERISURE MUT. INS. CO.

No. 2013 CW 1074.

143 So.3d 520 (2014)

MAPP CONSTRUCTION, LLC, and Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip W. Preis , Charles M. Gordon, Jr. , Crystal D. Burkhalter , Caroline P. Graham , Charles M. Thompson , Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Southgate Residential Towers, LLC and Southgate Penthouses, LLC.

Stephanie B. Laborde , Heather L. Landry , Baton Rouge, LA, Raymond C. Jackson, III , Lafayette, LA, Rodrigo "Diego" Garcia, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant, Crum & Forster Specialty Ins. Co.

Before KUHN, HIGGINBOTHAM, and THERIOT, JJ.

HIGGINBOTHAM, J.

This appeal involves an approximate $6.7 million dollar award for defense costs in a suit for declaratory judgment. For the following reasons, we convert the appeal to an application for a supervisory writ of review, grant the writ, vacate the September 25, 2012 judgment, and remand.

BACKGROUND

The long history of this litigation includes multiple lawsuits that arose out of the construction and funding of a multi-unit apartment complex...

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