Case Name: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant, Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. MID-CONTINENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Appellant-Cross-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-19
Citations: 407 F.3d 683
Docket Number: No. 03-10705
Parties: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant, Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. MID-CONTINENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Appellant-Cross-Appellee.
Judges: Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 407
Pages: 683–684

Head Matter:
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant, Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. MID-CONTINENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Appellant-Cross-Appellee.
No. 03-10705.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 19, 2005.
Richard Anthony Capshaw (argued), Capshaw, Goss & Bowers, Dallas, TX, for Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
Brian Lynn Blakeley (argued), Carrie Davis Holloway, Blakeley & Reynolds, San Antonio, TX, for Mid-Continent Ins. Co.
Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS AND THE HONORABLE JUSTICES THEREOF
This court hereby amends its March 31, 2005 order in the above case certifying to the Supreme Court of Texas the therein specified determinative questions of Texas law. This amendment to the certification order is made solely to correct a misstatement of fact inadvertently contained in the certification order. The certification order states that Mid-Continent settled the claims against Crabtree, its named insured, at the same time or prior to the settlement of the claims against Kinsel. That is incorrect, as the settlement by Mid-Continent of the claims against Crab-tree was not made until after the claims against Kinsel were settled. Mid-Continent settled the claims against Crabtree in separate negotiations after the Kinsel settlement but before trial commenced in the underlying suit brought by the Boutin family members. Accordingly, at the time of the Kinsel settlement, Mid-Continent's policy limits had not been reduced by the amount of the Crabtree settlement, and those policy limits were still subject to the unresolved claims against Crabtree. As correctly stated in the March 31, 2005 certification order, the amount paid by Mid-Continent to settle the claims against Crabtree was $300,000.
Except as above stated, the March 31, 2005 certification order in this case remains unaltered.