Magistrate Partly Grants Insurer’s Motion To Compel Discovery In Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (July 2, 2021, 1:19 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal magistrate judge in Louisiana on June 29 granted in part and denied in part a homeowners insurer’s motion to compel in a bad faith lawsuit arising from storm damage, finding that the plaintiff failed to comply with providing initial disclosures of damages under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A)(iii) and failed to fully respond to certain interrogatories and requests for production seeking information and documents related to the alleged damages....