Louisiana High Court Reverses Ruling Against Insurer In Hurricane Katrina Dispute

(October 15, 2015, 2:21 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court on Oct. 14 found that the doctrine of lis pendens applies to plaintiffs’ individual lawsuits even though they were not named parties or joined in first-filed Hurricane Katrina class actions, reversing and remanding a lower court’s ruling that denied the insurer’s exception of lis pendens (Thelma Aisola v. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., 2014-CC-1708, La. Sup.)....

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