United States Fifth Circuit

Under Louisiana law, an insurer is not required to reimburse its insured for attorneys' fees and costs the insured incurred in hiring independent counsel to represent it in an underlying action, where the insurer provided the insured with counsel but reserved the right to deny coverage and withdraw from the insured's defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/18/2003
• Published 06/18/2003

Judges

• MAGILL, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• D. Russell Holwadel (argued), Adams, Hoefer, Holwadel & Eldridge, New Orleans, LA, for Trinity Universal Ins. Co., J. Michael Percy, Susan Claire Segura (argued), Percy, Smith, Foote & Gadel, Alexandria, LA, for Stevens Forestry Service, Inc.