United States Fifth Circuit

In an insurance coverage dispute, the district court erred in estopping defendant-insurance company from asserting plaintiff's failure to file a Proof of Loss form as a basis for denying his claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2005
• Published 06/29/2005

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dax Faubus (argued), Faubus & Taft, Houston, TX, for Wright., Gerald Joseph Nielsen (argued), William Truman Treas, Nielsen Law Firm, Metairie, LA, Doug Kevin Clemons, Eggleston & Briscoe, Houston, TX, for Allstate Ins. Co.