United States Fifth Circuit

In a case involving the recovery of funds under a fire insurance policy, a judgment for plaintiffs awarding them in excess of $250,000 is reversed and remanded for a new trial where the district court committed reversible error when it admitted evidence that a grand jury did not indict one plaintiff for arson.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2008
• Published 04/01/2008

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, BENAVIDES and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Levon G. Hovnatanian (argued), Bruce Edwin Ramage, Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, Warren Royal Taylor, Taylor & Taylor, Houston, TX, for State Farm Lloyds of Texas.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gustavo Ch. Garza, Los Fresnos, TX, Rene B. Gonzalez (argued), Brownsville, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.