United States Eleventh Circuit

Where plaintiff's pilot negligently failed to secure an oil cap on an aircraft, causing the engine to lose oil pressure and severely overheat, the damage was excluded from insurance coverage because the damage was deemed to have directly resulted from "normal wear and tear" and "excessive heat," and not negligence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2002
• Published 03/13/2002

Judges

• TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark Hicks,Hicks, Anderson & Kneale, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce R. Marx, Marlow, Connell, Valerius, Abrams, Adler & Newman, Miami, FL, Margaret Diamond, Erin F. Parkinson, William V. Dalferes, Jr., McGlinchey Stafford Lang, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.