Louisiana Panel Partly Reverses Ruling In Coverage Dispute Over Dog Bite

(January 19, 2021, 12:48 PM EST) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana appeals panel on Jan. 13 held that a lower court erred in granting a plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment regarding the enforceability of a homeowners insurance policy’s $10,000 liability limitation for injuries caused by a dog attack, finding that there are genuine issues of fact regarding whether the insurance agent was aware of the insureds’ dog and whether the insured should have known that the dog had been omitted from the policy....