No Coverage Owed For Hurricane Damages; Bad Faith Claim Cannot Proceed

Mealey's (August 6, 2021, 2:01 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — A Louisiana federal judge on Aug. 3 granted a homeowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed an insured’s suit seeking damages caused by Hurricane Laura after determining that the policy’s hail or windstorm exclusion clearly bars coverage and that there is no evidence that the insurer acted in bad faith or negligently misrepresented the terms of the policy at issue....