Insurance Coverage - Appeal

  • Mr. Murphy secured reversal of a $1.3 million plus judgment based on a lack of insurance coverage under a business auto liability policy.
    Rickie Dupre and Darla Samanie Dupre, et al v. Jarret Maynard, et al, 692 So.2d 36 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1997).
  • Mr. Murphy obtained a reduction in a $41 million judgment awarded for damage to an oil well to $44,309 based on a lack of insurance coverage and plaintiff’s failure to establish a right of action for allegedly impaired mineral rights.
    Bruce T. Massey v. Decca Drilling Company, Inc., 647 So.2d 1196 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 1994).