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· 8/20/1973

Karam v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company

Citations

  • 281 So. 2d 728
  • 72 A.L.R. 3d 697
  • 1973 La. LEXIS 6103

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The client may recover from the agent the loss he sustains as a result of the agent’s failure to procure the desired coverage. . .”
  • breach found when insured requested $100,000 coverage but agent erroneously obtained $10,000
  • breach found when insured requested $100,000 in coverage but agent erroneously obtained $10,000
  • “The [insured] may recover from the agent the loss he sustains as a result of the agent’s failure to procure the desired coverage if the actions of the agent warranted an assumption by the client that he was properly insured in the amount of the desired coverage.”

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Judges: Dixon

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