Louisiana Federal Judge: Washington Law Does Not Apply To Insured's Claim

BATON ROUGE, La. - A federal judge in Louisiana on Feb. 7 found that it was error to apply Washington law to govern an insured's extra-contractual claim of failure to indemnify against an insurer and ruled that Louisiana law is the appropriate law (The Shaw Group Inc., et al. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., et al., No. 12-00257, M.D. La.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16996)....(read more)