In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, applying Louisiana law, affirmed the grant of an insurer’s motion to dismiss with prejudice. Hotel Mgmt. of New Orleans, LLC v. General...more
Courts were in full swing deciding insurance coverage issues over the past month or so. Here are a few that caught our attention. The Louisiana Supreme Court became the latest state supreme court to find no coverage for...more
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, courts around the nation have faced the issue of whether insureds are entitled to coverage for business interruption losses resulting from the pandemic. In nearly all of these cases,...more
COVID-19 business interruption claimants have had few state appellate court decisions upon which to rely. Louisiana produced one such decision in Cajun Conti, LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, 2022 La. App. LEXIS 939...more
In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, applying Louisiana law, granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss with prejudice, finding that an insured hotel’s economic...more