United States Fifth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-insurer holding, inter alia, that homeowners' Form B (HO-B) policy did not cover mold contamination, is affirmed where an ensuing-loss provision did not provide coverage for mold contamination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2006
• Published 12/13/2006

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert G. Miller (argued), O'Donnell, Ferebee & McGonigal, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Brendan K. McBride, Kevin M. Young, Prichard, Hawkins & Young, San Antonio, TX, for Policyholders of America, Amicus Curiae., Sarah Corinne Wells (argued), Austin, TX, for Texas Dept. of Ins., Amicus Curiae., Robert F. Scheihing, Adami, Goldman & Shuffield, San Antonio, TX, for United Services Automobile Ass'n, Amicus Curiae., Audrey Mullert Vicknair, James E. Perschbach, Bracewell & Patterson, Corpus Christi, TX, for Farmers Ins. Exchange and Fire Ins. Exchange, Amici Curiae., Ricky H. Rosenblum, Jo Beth Eubanks, Thomas E. Sanders, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, San Antonio, TX, for Allstate Texas Lloyds Co., Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Joseph Boyce, Fulbright & Jaworski, Christopher Weldon Martin (argued), Levon G. Hovnatanian, Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.