Landry et al. vs. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

Year: 2007
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Case Number: Docket No. 2007-C-1908

Value Policy Law requires the insurer to make full payment to the insureds regardless that the total loss was a result of a combination of covered and excluded perils under the insurance policy so long as the efficient proximate cause of the loss was a covered peril. Companion case to Williams, consolidated for oral argument with Sher v. Lafayette Insurance Company

UP filed amicus briefs both in the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit. UP’s brief in Supreme Court was written pro bono by John Ellison, Esq. of Reed Smith, LP, Drew Ranier of Ranier, Gayle & Elliot, LLC, and

 

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Source: https://uphelp.org/amicus-briefs/landry-et-al-vs-louisiana-citizens-property-insurance-corporation/
Date: November 26, 2024