United States Fifth Circuit

Under Louisiana law, a Professional Liability exclusion applies only when the property damage arose from the negligent rendering of a professional service, and where the services could have been rendered by a non-professional, the fact that a professional actually provided the services does not make the exclusion applicable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/24/2001
• Published 09/24/2001

Judges

• BARBOUR, District Judge:, Before DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges, and BARBOUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James K. Irwin, Jay Corenswet, Milling Benson Woodward, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Robert Wylie Barton,Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Elnaggar., William Edward Willard (argued), Mark Gregory Murphey, Powers & Willard, Baton Rouge, LA, for Scottsdale Ins. Co.