5th Circuit Should Reverse Ruling That Overturned Jury Verdict, Insurer Says

(August 9, 2017, 10:45 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An insurer is asking the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a district court’s judgment of law that was against a jury verdict in an insurance dispute, contending that the district court committed error because “substantial evidence supported the jury’s finding” that the insured breached the insurance policy’s cooperation condition by not providing records of its financial performance, relevant to arson that damaged the insured’s restaurant (Resie’s Chicken & Waffles Restaurant, et al. v. Acceptance Indemnity Company, et al., No. 16-20680, 5th Cir.)....