Majority: Statute Does Not Prohibit Enforcement Of Policy’s Forum-Selection Clause

(May 13, 2019, 2:07 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court on May 8 found that Louisiana Revised Statute 22:868(A)(2) does not prohibit the enforcement of an insurance policy’s forum-selection clause in a coverage dispute over flood damage, reversing and remanding a lower court’s judgment denying the exception of improper venue (Creekstone Juban I, L.L.C. v. XL Insurance America Inc., No. 2018-CC-0748, La. Sup., 2019 La. LEXIS 1366)....

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