Sosebee v. Steadfast Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “in the limited instance of a mass tort action where hundreds or thousands of claims against the debtor's insurer might exhaust insurance proceeds and thus threaten the debtor's estate over and above limits of liability insurance policies[,] [courts have] held the proceeds of liability insurance policies are property of the bankruptcy estate”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martinez v. OGA Charters, L.L.C. (In re OGA Charters, L.L.C.)

2. “We have held that while insurance policies are generally property of the estate, the proceeds of liability insurance policies, unlike first party policies, generally are not.” Sosebee v. Steadfast Ins. Co., 701 F.3d 1012 , 1023 (5th Cir. 2012). See also Landry v. Exxon Pipeline Co., 260 B.R. 769 , 801 (Bankr. M.D. La. 2001) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kipp Flores Architects, LLC v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.

3. “Insurers may be in privity with the insured when the injured party sues ... under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, but only where the policy limits are not exceeded and the interests of the insurer and the insured are aligned.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 257 So. 3d 817 - Wicker v. La. Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co.