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United States Fifth Circuit


Stewart v. W. Heritage Ins. Co., 05-60405

Order staying a breach of insurance contract and bad faith case involving a default judgment in an underlying wrongful death case pending the resolution of a related state court suit is reversed where the district court abused its discretion in staying the matter.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 01/26/2006
  • Published 01/27/2006

Judges

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

Court

  • United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellees:
  • William L. Waller, Sr., Waller & Waller, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Justin Lee Matheny, John William Robinson, III, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.
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