Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ca5-12-31064/USCOURTS-ca5-12-31064-1/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 

---

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-31064

DANNY KELLY, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, 

 Defendant - Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Louisiana

USDC No. 3:09-CV-619

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiff-appellant Danny Kelly appealed the district court’s grant of 

summary judgment to defendant-appellee State Farm Fire & Casualty 

Company (“State Farm”). We certified two dispositive questions of state law

to the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Kelly v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 582 

F. App’x 290 (5th Cir. 2014) (per curiam). The Supreme Court of Louisiana 

answered these two questions in a thorough opinion. Kelly v. State Farm Fire 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

May 29, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

Case: 12-31064 Document: 00513060058 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/29/2015
No. 12-31064

& Cas. Co., __ So. 3d __, No. 2014-CQ-1921, 2015 WL 2082540 (La. May 5, 

2015). Among other things, this opinion undermines the district court’s 

determination that Kelly’s claims were precluded because State Farm never

received a firm settlement offer. Accordingly, we VACATE the judgment of the 

district court and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with the 

opinion of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

2

Case: 12-31064 Document: 00513060058 Page: 2 Date Filed: 05/29/2015