United States Fifth Circuit

In a coverage dispute arising from an underlying negligence action involving a bus accident in Mexico, a judgment for the insurer in its declaratory judgment action is affirmed where: 1) there was no error in a holding that a federally prescribed form endorsement did not cover the bus accident in Mexico; and 2) there was no abuse of discretion in a denial of a motion for reconsideration which argued that the endorsement covered the insured's liability for negligent hiring, retention, and entrustment given that those acts occurred in the United States.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/21/2007
• Published 09/21/2007

Judges

• PRADO, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Eugene Raynes (argued), Werner, Kerrigan & Ayers, LLP, Steven Eugene Norris, Norris Cantu, Houston, TX, for Intervenors Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ruth Greenfield Malinas (argued), Larry D. Warren, Ball & Weed, San Antonio, TX, for Lincoln Gen. Ins. Co., Plaintiff-Intervenor Defendant-Appellee.