United States Fifth Circuit

"Care, custody, and control" insurance policy exclusion held not to apply to deny coverage to contractor retained to repair and maintain television tower which collapsed after contractor's employees failed to properly secure the tower during repair work.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2002
• Published 04/09/2002

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DeMOSS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew C. Wilson (argued), Jedd Spencer Malish, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, LA, for Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. and Marine Office of America Corp., Jerry W. Deason, Jr., Law Offices of Charles F. Wagner, Alexandria, LA, for State of Louisiana and Louisiana Public Broadcasting., E. John Litchfield, Berrigan, Litchfield, Schonekas, Mann, Traina & Thompson, New Orleans, LA, for Stainless Inc., David F. Bienvenu (argued), Shawn Louise Holahan, David D. Bravo, Hoffman, Siegel, Seydel, Bienvenu, Centola & Cordes, New Orleans, LA, for HRC Armco Inc., Allied Resource Management of Florida Inc. and National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA., Raymond Joseph Pajares (argued), Alfred Raymond Gould, Jr., Aubert & Pajares, Covington, LA, for General Star Indem. Co.