Landry v. Citizens Property: Louisiana Court of Appeals sows confusion, messes up causation analysis in Hurricane Rita c

The Louisiana Court of Appeals handed down a decision yesterday in a Hurricane Rita case -- one of my Louisiana friends called it "causation Cajun style." I hope not: the court's opinion is very confused on several causation issues, and this opinion, despite lingering for 29 pages, is remarkably opaque and seems to have some kind of allergic reaction to getting to the point. Here's a pdf of the case, Landry v. Citizens Property Ins. Co. Here is a pdf of the dissent, which is more to the point but makes just as little sense. I spent much of last night writing about the Leonard v. Nationwide decision from the U.S. Fifth Circuit, and was going to leave this case for another day, but since I won't be posting until Tuesday, I may as well say what I have to say today. The c