Fifth Circuit hears arguments in Leonard v. Nationwide Katrina appeal

Oral argument for the Leonard v. Nationwide was held Monday. Here's an Associated Press story about it. The Leonards, represented by Dickie Scruggs, on July 23 dropped their appeal of Judge Senter's decision, which held that the Leonards were not entitled to reform the policy based on alleged misrepresentations about hurricane coverage by the insurer and the Leonards' insurance agent. But Nationwide continued to press its appeal of another portion of Judge Senter's ruling -- that the anti-concurrent cause language in the Nationwide policy was ambiguous. Here's how the story reported Nationwide's argument: On Monday, Nationwide attorney Chris Landau asked a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit to overturn that portion of Senter's ruling [regarding the anti-concurrent cause language], w