Request To Amend Granted, Coverage Dispute With Guaranty Association Dismissed

(May 21, 2024, 2:33 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge granted a homeowner’s motion to file an amended complaint in an insurance coverage dispute over the insurer’s alleged failure to adequately compensate its insured homeowner for damage related to Hurricane Ida, finding that allowing the homeowner to amend his complaint to add as a defendant the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) results in the court lacking subject matter jurisdiction and therefore the case must be dismissed....