Case Management Order Issued In Hurricane Coverage Suit After Substitution Denied

(July 16, 2024, 9:28 AM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana federal judge issued a case management order docketed July 15 in a Hurricane Ida coverage dispute after a magistrate judge denied a homeowner’s motion to substitute the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) for the defendant, a homeowners insurer that assumed policies for a now-insolvent insurer, finding substitution “improper” due to a lack of evidence regarding the defendant’s obligations under the policy....